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river basins of the american west a high country news reader
this companion volume to water in the 21st century west examines water issues through the lens of major western u.s. watersheds . from the pages of high country news the voice of western environmental issues river basins of the american west explores why water has been and remains the wests most essential and controversial subject . editor char miller has organized writings into sections defined by the great watersheds of the west the colorado river the rio grande the columbia river the klamath river and the missouri river . arguably these drainage systems form the real boundaries of the west and current water conflicts have their roots in development that ignored this reality . contributors to the book among them activists scholars scientists and some of the nations finest environmental journalists probe the intense differences and disagreements over water rights across the west and explore the positive developments toward a lasting solution to the most fraught issue the west faces . like water in the 21st century west river basins of the american west is an essential primer in assessing and mapping the wests water future .