Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface viii
4. Acknowledgments xii
5. 1 Defining the River 3
6. 2 The Ancient Saga of Water and Land: Geomorphology and Hydrology of the Bear 11
7. 3 From Alpine to Desert: The Changing Ecology of the Bear River Basin 47
8. 4 The Bear River and the Threads of Western American History 69
9. 5 Stakeholders Lay Claim to the Bear River and Its Water 111
10. 6 Damn the Dams: Conflicts Roil the Bear River 157
11. 7 Mitigation on the Bear: Repairing a Century of Misuse 201
12. 8 A Stark Future for the Bear River — and Us 217
13. Selected Bibliography 236
14. Index 238