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<br> "Most tells these stories in the voices of the protagonists, who give the basin's complex history an illuminating immediacy that infuses the entire book. It is a mark of his achievement that he has been able to make these historical, cultural, and environmental pieces into a comprehensive whole. <i>River of Renewal</i> is the best source available for those wishing to think clearly about this cumulative tragedy, as well as a first-rate model for regional land use anywhere in the American West." -<i>Orion Magazine</i> <p>A land of mountains, forests, wetlands, lakes, and rivers, the Klamath Basin spans the Oregon-California state line. Farms and ranches, logging towns, and back-to-the-land communities are scattered over this 10-million-acre bioregion. There are Indian reservations at the headwaters, at the estuary, and across the major tributary of the Klamath River. In this place that has witnessed, ever since the Gold Rush, a succession of wars and resource conflicts, myths of the West loom large, amplifying differences among its inhabitants.</p> <p>At the core of the contemporary controversy is overallocation of the waters of the Klamath Basin. This dispute has pitted farmer

Author

Most, Stephen

Publisher

Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press in association with University of Washington Press, Seattle & London

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780295986227

Subjects

History, Sociology, Social Science

Rating

5 / 5 (6 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14