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Public Waters - by Anne MacKinnon (Paperback)

Name: Public Waters - by Anne MacKinnon (Paperback)
Brand: University of New Mexico Press
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Winner of the 2022 Spur Award for Best First Nonfiction Book from Western Writers of AmericaWyoming's colorful story of water management illuminates the powerful forces that impact water use in the rural American West.
About the Author: Anne MacKinnon is the former editor in chief of Wyoming's statewide newspaper, and she is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Wyoming.
368 Pages
Nature, Environmental Conservation & Protection

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Public Waters shows how, as popular hopes and dreams meet tough terrain, a central idea that has historically structured water management can guide water policy for Western states today.

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Winner of the 2022 Spur Award for Best First Nonfiction Book from Western Writers of America

Wyoming's colorful story of water management illuminates the powerful forces that impact water use in the rural American West. The state's rich history of managing this valuable natural resource provides insights and lessons for the twenty-first-century American West as it faces drought and climate change. Public Waters shows how, as popular hopes and dreams meet tough terrain, a central idea that has historically structured water management can guide water policy for Western states today.

Drawing on forty years as a journalist with training in water law and economics, Anne MacKinnon paints a lively picture of the arcane twists in the notable record of water law in Wyoming. She maintains that other Western states should examine how local people control water and that states must draw on historical understandings of water as a public resource to find effective approaches to essential water issues in the West.

About the Author

Anne MacKinnon is the former editor in chief of Wyoming's statewide newspaper, and she is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Wyoming.

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Dimensions (Overall): 8.9 Inches (H) x 7.7 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)

Weight: 1.1 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 368

Genre: Nature

Sub-Genre: Environmental Conservation & Protection

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press

Format: Paperback

Author: Anne MacKinnon

Language: English

Street Date: May 1, 2021

TCIN: 1009234613

UPC: 9780826362414

Item Number (DPCI): 247-41-5146

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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