Water War in the Klamath Basin: Macho Law, Combat Biology, and Dirty Politics
In the drought summer of 2001, a simmering conflict between agricultural and environmental interests in southern Oregon’s Upper Klamath Basin turned into a guerrilla war of protests, vandalism, and apocalyptic rhetoric when the federal Bureau of Reclamation shut down the headgates of the Klamath Project to conserve water needed by endangered species. This was the first time in U.S. history that the headgates of a federal irrigation project were closed—and irrigators denied the use of their...
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Water War in the Klamath Basin highlights and explores the common elements that are fundamental to natural resource conflicts and that must be overcome if conflicts are to be resolved. It is a fascinating and wide-ranging look at a topic of great importance for anyone concerned with the management, use, and conservation of increasingly limited natural resources. BioScience Featured in the magazine's "New Titles" section.
List of Illustrations xiList of Abbreviations xiiiPreface xvA Water Crisis Exposes Political Fault Lines 1A Remote, Upside-Down Watershed 23Reclamation Comes to the Klamath 37Those at the Margins: Indians and Wildlife 59Bringing Marginal Interests toward the Center 87Water Wars Become Science Wars 112Searching for Solutions 145When Is a Train Wreck a Good Thing? 181Afterword 209Notes 213Index 251
\ BioScienceFeatured in the magazine's "New Titles" section.\ \ \ \ \ Natural Areas JournalDoremus and Tarlock utilize the Klamath Basin issue to offer us a reality check for the role of science in influencing public policy.\ — Paul Clarke\ \ \
