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A symbol of wilderness : Echo Park and the American conservation movement /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harvey, Mark W. T. (Mark William Thornton)
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque, N.M. : University of New Mexico Press, [1994]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Dinosaur National Monument (Colo. and Utah) > History.
Nature conservation > United States > History > 20th century.
Echo Park Dam (Colo.) > History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The peculiar past of a national monument
  • The seeds of controversy
  • Primeval parks and the wilderness movement
  • A mere millpond
  • Searching for an alternate site
  • Wilderness for a new generation
  • The great evaporation controversy
  • The politics of preservation
  • A symbol of wilderness
  • Triumph for the park system
  • Epilogue.