River Stops Here : How One Man's Battle To:Save His Valley Changed the Fate...

Your browser does not support JavaScript.To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser. Click Here. Double your traffic. Get Vendio Gallery - Now FREE!Feel free to contact seller regarding additional information relating tocondition, photos, description or pricing.Hardcover, ISBN0679428224Publisher: RandomHouse Inc, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.,1994 by Ted SimonUsed- Very Good.pp. xii, (7), 380, (3), sketch maps,b/w photographs, "In the late 1960s, theDosRios Dam on the EelRiver was the largest proposed waterproject in California.Simon ( Jupiter's Travels ) shows that before the environmental movement waslaunched, in a state seemingly controlled by water interests and governed byRonald Reagan, only the relentless efforts of one person, wealthy rancherRichard Wilson, derailed the building of theDosRios Dam.About the book:The author ofJupiter'sTravelsdescribes theremarkable environmental campaign that pitted him and his followers againstsome of the most powerful political forces in California as they struggled to stop thecreation of a vast reservoir. 25,000 first printing. Tour.British journalist TedSimon (1931 -), noted for circumnavigating the world twice by motorcycle in the1970s, moved to Round Valley in Northern California in 1980 to become anorganic farmer. This volume chronicles the new life he embraced and how he playeda role in a pivotal environmental campaign against a large scale hydrolicproject proposed for the area during Reagan's governorship. A major chapter theCalifornia'sWater Wars. Corps of Engineers' Plan for Round Valleyprecedes 31 chapters.(FLOOD CONTROL WATER RESOURCESDEVELOPMENT CALIFORNIANA) (TRUE STORY) (ROUNDVALLEY CALIFORNIA) (RICHARDWILSON/ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY/CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTALISM/CALIFORNIA WATERPOLITICS/WATER CONSERVATION/ENVIRONMENT) (FLOOD CONTROL WATER RESOURCESDEVELOPMENT) (FLOODCONTROL WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT NATURE SUPPLY TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING CIVIL0679428224)Your browser does not support JavaScript.To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser.