Science Be Dammed: How Ignoring Inconvenient Science Drained the Colorado River

by Eric Kuhn and John Fleck

Book Overview

Science Be Dammed is an alarming reminder of the high stakes in the management--and perils in the mismanagement--of water in the western United States. It seems deceptively simple: even when clear evidence was available that the Colorado River could not sustain ambitious dreaming and planning by decision-makers throughout the twentieth century, river planners and political operatives irresponsibly made the least sustainable and most dangerous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816543232
• ISBN13: 9780816543236
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"