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

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.

Author: Mark W. T. Harvey
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 03/01/2000
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.13w x 0.95d
ISBN: 9780295979328

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2000 pg. 55

About the Author

Mark W. T. Harvey is associate professor of history at North Dakota State University in Fargo.