| A Symbol of Wilderness: Echo Park and the American Conservation Movement Contributor(s): Harvey, Mark W. T. (Author), Cronon, William (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0295979321 ISBN-13: 9780295979328 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2000 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - History | United States - State & Local - General |
| Dewey: 978.812 |
| LCCN: 99059057 |
| Lexile Measure: 1680 |
| Series: Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6.13" W x 9.25" (1.20 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Colorado - Geographic Orientation - Utah - Topical - Ecology - Cultural Region - Plains - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |