A Symbol of Wilderness Echo Park and the American Conservation Movement - Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics

Mark W. T. Harvey

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Harvey details the first major clash between conservationists and developers after World War II, the successful fight to prevent the building of Echo Park Dam. The dam on the Green River was intended to create a recreational lake in northwest Colorado and generate hydroelectric power, but would have flooded picturesque Echo Park Valley and threatened Dinosaur National Monument, straddling the Utah-Colorado border near Wyoming.

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ISBN:	9780295979328
Publisher:	University of Washington Press
Imprint:	University of Washington Press
Pub date:	01 May 2000
DEWEY:	978.812
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	368
Weight:	590g
Height:	235mm
Width:	159mm
Spine width:	25mm