Description
Book SynopsisA dispute over over-allocation of the waters in the Klamath Basin has pitted farmers and ranchers against locals whose cultures and livelihoods depend upon fishing. This book reveals the interdependence of economic recovery with ecological restoration, and the urgency for all the communities within the basin to find common ground.
Trade Review"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. River of Renewal 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."
* Orion Magazine *
"Most's account is one of the best in recent years for its integration of Native with newcomer, past with present, and myth with reality."
* Environmental History *
"This book should be mandatory reading for anyone who cares about environmental problems and the complex tangle of modern society and its competing economic and political interests."
* The Journal of the West *
"River of Renewal offers an impressionistic, highly informative trip through the Klamath Basin's contentious past, and it does that particular job quite well."
* Oregon Historical Quarterly *
"If a new book of regional history aspired to classic status, it would be ingeniously conceived and gracefully written. It would break new ground and offer penetrating insights. It would prove indispensable to understanding a controversial current event. Stephen Most has written such a book."
* Portland Oregonian *
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One. Headwaters
1. Land of Waters
2. Manifest Destiny
3. Theater of War
4. Reclaiming the Land
Part Two. The Mouth of the Klamath
5. Rekwoi
6. Between Two Worlds
7. The Inland Whale
8. Salmon War Stories
9. Water, Fish, and Politics
Part Three. Upriver
10. The Dam and the Weir
11. Coyote's Journey
12. The Road Not Taken
13. Smokey, Bigfoot, and the Owl
14. Beneath the Surface
15. The State of Jefferson
Part Four. Fixing the World
16. Land, Water, and Livelihood
17. The Bucket on Main Street
18. Stakeholders
Notes and Sources
Index
