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A Symbol of Wilderness: Echo Park and the American Conservation Movement (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics)

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 | #1470148 in Books |  2000-03-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.89 x5.98l,1.20 | File type: PDF | 400 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Five Stars|By Harry Whiteleggs|An excellent account of the proposed dams and how they were stopped. An easy read.|2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Echo Park and Dinosaur National Monument|By Arthur Digbee|This appeared at about the same time as Cosco's _Echo Park: Struggle for Conservation_, and covers much o| |"The Echo Park controversy marks the beginning of the modern wilderness movement. Understanding it is essential for knowing the importance of wilderness in American culture." --Roderick Nash, author of Wilderness and the American Mind "A Symbol of Wilderness i

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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