The great divide /

Grace, Stephen,

The great divide / Stephen Grace ; photographs by Jim Havey. - pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author's note -- Prologue -- Coping with scarcity : the first Coloradans -- Gold Rush and settlement : the origins of Colorado's water laws -- Abundance in a dry land : the rise of agriculture -- Dammed and diverted : harnessing Colorado's wild rivers -- Facing limits, finding connections : the environmental movement -- Crossing the great divide : from conflict to cooperation -- About the author and photographer.

"Written by Stephen Grace, the companion book to The Great Divide, a film by Havey Productions, will be a sweeping, magnificently illustrated story of Colorado water from the region's first inhabitants to the incoming settlers and developers to modern environmentalists"--Provided by publisher.

9781442247253 (hardcover : alkaline paper)

2015005109


Water-supply--History.--Colorado


Colorado--Environmental conditions--History.

TD224.C6 / G73 2015

333.91009788