River of promise, river of peril : the politics of managing the Missouri River
Takes a comprehensive look at how and why the Missouri River Basin - now with six major dams and hundreds of miles of navigation canals - has become one of the most significantly altered drainage systems in America. The book also looks at the consequences of this.
Print Book, English, ©1994
University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan., ©1994
xiii, 282 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
9780700606481, 0700606483
31206731
List of Tables and Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Original Highway West
We Who Live Beside the River
The Conservation Era and Missouri River Development
Implementation of the Pick-Sloan Plan
Nationalization of the Missouri River
Traditional Patterns of Federalism in River Management
New Patterns of Federalism in River Management
Federalism and New Policies for the Missouri River Basin
Of Rivers, Fish, and Men
Appendix 1: Abbreviations
Appendix 2: Glossary
Appendix 3: Indian Reservations in the Missouri River Basin
Appendix 4: Flood Control Act of 1944
Appendix 5: Statement of Principles for the Management of Missouri River Basin Water Resources
Appendix 6: Great Lakes Charter
Appendix 7: Work Plan of the Missouri River Assembly
Notes
Bibliography