PR: International Coalition For River Restoration Formed

[Thomas Mertes]

Another good book on the utter folly of U.S. policy toward river 
>management and irrigation, esp. in the West, is Cadillac Desert (the 
>author's name escapes me at the moment...)  Very high on the outrage 
>quotient...
>
>Jim Baird

Marc Reisner is the author of Cadillac Desert

For some other even more powerful criticisms of water politics in the West
and California see:

Robert Gottlieb,  A Life of its Own : the Politics and Power of Water
Robert Gottlieb and Margaret FitzSimmons, Thirst for Growth : Water
Agencies as
Hidden Government in California