Downriver: Into the Future of Water in the West
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From an award-winning journalist and river raft guide, "a must-read for anyone who loves rivers or is concerned about the future of the West" (Outside magazine).
The Green River, the most significant tributary of the Colorado River, runs 730 miles from the glaciers of Wyoming to the desert canyons of Utah. Meandering through ranches, cities, national parks, endangered fish habitats, and some of the most significant natural gas fields in the country, the river provides water for 33 million people. The Green is crucial, overused, and at risk, now more than ever.
Fights over the river's water are longstanding, intractable, and only getting worse as the West gets hotter and drier and more people depend on the river with each passing year. As an environmental reporter, Heather Hansman knew about these fights, but she felt driven to see them from a different perspective—from the river itself. So she set out on a journey, in a one-person inflatable pack raft, to paddle the river from source to confluence and see what the experience might teach her. Mixing lyrical accounts of quiet paddling through breathtaking beauty with nights spent camping solo and lively discussions with people met along the way, Downriver is the story of that journey, a foray into the present—and future—of water in the West.
"An energizing mix of travelogue and investigative journalism." —Publishers Weekly
" A worthy updating of a core library containing such works as Marc Reisner's Cadillac Desert and Philip Fradkin's A River No More. An insightful look into the unsustainability of western waterways." —Kirkus Reviews
"Explores the water emergency with remarkable calm and even-handedness." —New Republic
The Green River, the most significant tributary of the Colorado River, runs 730 miles from the glaciers of Wyoming to the desert canyons of Utah. Meandering through ranches, cities, national parks, endangered fish habitats, and some of the most significant natural gas fields in the country, the river provides water for 33 million people. The Green is crucial, overused, and at risk, now more than ever.
Fights over the river's water are longstanding, intractable, and only getting worse as the West gets hotter and drier and more people depend on the river with each passing year. As an environmental reporter, Heather Hansman knew about these fights, but she felt driven to see them from a different perspective—from the river itself. So she set out on a journey, in a one-person inflatable pack raft, to paddle the river from source to confluence and see what the experience might teach her. Mixing lyrical accounts of quiet paddling through breathtaking beauty with nights spent camping solo and lively discussions with people met along the way, Downriver is the story of that journey, a foray into the present—and future—of water in the West.
"An energizing mix of travelogue and investigative journalism." —Publishers Weekly
" A worthy updating of a core library containing such works as Marc Reisner's Cadillac Desert and Philip Fradkin's A River No More. An insightful look into the unsustainability of western waterways." —Kirkus Reviews
"Explores the water emergency with remarkable calm and even-handedness." —New Republic
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"An energizing mix of travelogue and investigative journalism." —Publishers Weekly
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On the River
702 cfs
Farms686 cfs The Law of the River
Growing a Crop of Humans in the Desert
All Those People Have to Eat
Cities2,790 cfs The Only Watering Hole in the Whole County
Flowing Uphill to Money
Whose Rights?
Dams6,940 cfs Claiming and Reclamation
After the Dam
Protect the Green River at All Cost
The Map of What's Next
Fish9,080 cfs Larval Triggers
Humans Are a Species, Too
What's the Point of a Wild River?
One Big Fish Tank
Recreation9,180 cfs Through the Gates
What Is It Worth?
We Save What We Love and We Love What We Know
Future Risks10,600 cfs Energy and Power
Water Is Where the Fight Is
Climate Change Is Water Change
Future Plans6,820 cfs This Land Is Your Land
You Can't Just Sell Out to a City
Getting Comfortable with Risk
Confluence3,220 cfs
Timeline
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index- bisacCodes
- code: NAT000000
- description: Nature / General
- code: NAT011000
- description: Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection
- code: NAT029000
- description: Nature / Ecosystems & Habitats / Rivers
