Water Is Where the Fight Is

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. On the River. 702 CFS 1
4. Farms. 686 CFS
5. The Law of the River 12
6. Growing a Crop of Humans in the Desert 22
7. All Those People Have to Eat 30
8. Cities. 2 ,790 CFS
9. The Only Watering Hole in the Whole County 38
10. Flowing Uphill to Money 45
11. Whose Rights? 52
12. DAMS. 6,940 CFS
13. Claiming and Reclamation 60
14. After the Dam 71
15. Protect the Green River at All Cost 79
16. The Map of What’s Next 88
17. Fish. 9,080 CFS
18. Larval Triggers 96
19. Humans Are a Species, Too 104
20. What’s the Point of a Wild River? 111
21. One Big Fish Tank 119
22. Recreation 9,180 CFS
23. Through the Gate 126
24. What Is It Worth? 135
25. We Save What We Love and We Love What We Know 143
26. Future Risks. 10,600 CFS
27. Energy and Power 152
28. Water Is Where the Fight Is 162
29. Climate Change Is Water Change 169
30. Future Plans 6,820 CFS
31. This Land Is Your Land 178
32. You Can’t Just Sell Out to a City 185
33. Getting Comfortable with Risk 192
34. Confluence. 3,220 CFS
35. Confluence 200
36. Timeline 207
37. Acknowledgments 209
38. Notes 211
39. Index 219