A Symbol of Wilderness: Echo Park and the American Conservation Movement

By (author): "William Cronon, Mark W.T. Harvey"
Genres:Nonfiction books  Environment books  
Publish Date: 1994
A Symbol of Wilderness: Echo Park and the American Conservation Movement
ISBN0295979321
ISBN139780295979328
AsinA Symbol of Wilderness: Echo Park and the American Conservation Movement
Original titleA Symbol of Wilderness: Echo Park and the American Conservation Movement (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classics)
SeriesWeyerhaeuser Environmental Classics
Harvey details the first major clash between conservationists and developers after World War II, the successful fight to prevent the building of Echo Park Dam. The dam on the Green River was intended to create a recreational lake in northwest Colorado and generate hydroelectric power, but would have flooded picturesque Echo Park Valley and threatened Dinosaur National Monument, straddling the Utah-Colorado border near Wyoming.