Water Politics in Northern Nevada: A Century of Struggle, Second Edition
(Part of the Wilbur S. Shepperson Series in Nevada History Series)
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In northwestern Nevada, the waters of the Truckee, Carson, and Walker river systems are fought over by competing interests: agriculture, industry, Native Americans and newer residents, and environmentalists. Much of the conflict was caused by the Newlands Project, completed in 1915, the earliest federal water reclamation scheme. Diverting these waters destroyed vital wetlands, polluted groundwater, nearly annihilated the cui-ui and the Lahontan cutthroat...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0874179513
ISBN13:9780874179514
Release Date:November 2014
Publisher:University of Nevada Press
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.4" x 7.8"
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