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Book SynopsisOnce Upon an Oldman is an account of the controversy that surrounded the Alberta government's construction of a dam on the Oldman River to provide water for irrigation in the southern part of the province.
Trade ReviewGlenn has carefully documented the sequence of events surrounding this often bitter controversy and has provided a comprehensive analysis of the issues, motives, and actions involved. His thorough review of the geography, history, and political institutions offers readers an understanding of how and why the project emerged. His book is well written, enjoyable to read, and supplemented by extensive notes and references. Recommended for all readership levels, especially for those interested in the interactions between governmental agencies, lobbyists, Native peoples, environmental groups, and legal institutions. -- M.J. Zwolinski * Choice *
In this dense, well-researched, and thoroughly readable book, Jack Glenn examines how this highly controversial project came about. -- Ken Woollard * CBRA 5043 *
An exhaustive chronicle of the battles over the construction of the Oldman Den in southern Alberta ... a definitive chronicle of both the battle of the Oldman specifically and the ongoing struggle to keep some of our natural landscape whole in the face of development pressures. Glenn provides background and reasons for his criticisms that are hard to object to, no matter what your agenda. for anyone who was involved, however peripherally, in the Oldman struggle, this book will be both engrossing and enlightening. For those concerned with the overall government versus environment struggle, it should be equally so. -- Valerie Haig-Brown * Alberta Views *
Table of ContentsAbbreviations
Preface
Introduction
PART 1
1 The Oldman River Basin
2 In the Beginning
3 The ECA Review
4 A Dam on the Oldman
5 Interlude
6 The Battle Joined
7 The EARPGO Challenge
8 Carry on Regardless
9 Milton and the Lonefighters
10 7 September 1990
11 In the Aftermath
12 The Federal Review
13 The Panel Reports
14 And Thereafter
PART 2
15 The Iron Triangle and the Oldman River Dam
16 The Environment and Its Friends
17 Archaeology
18 Biological Diversity
19 EARPGO and the Courts
20 FOR and the Attorney General
21 The Peigan Indians
22 The Peigan and the Oldman River Dam I
23 The Peigan and the Oldman River Dam II
24 The Federal Watchdog I
25 The Federal Watchdog II
26 Iniquity and Betrayal
27 The Peigan, Politics, and the Courts
28 The Environment, Politics, and the Courts
29 Information and Disinformation
30 Does It Matter?
Bibliography
Index
