Overview

In the drought summer of 2001, a simmering conflict between agricultural and environmental interests in southern Oregon's Upper Klamath Basin turned into a guerrilla war of protests, vandalism, and apocalyptic rhetoric when the federal Bureau of Reclamation shut down the headgates of the Klamath Project to conserve water needed by endangered species. This was the first time in U.S. history that the headgates of a federal irrigation project were closed — and irrigators denied the use of their state water rights — in favour of conservation. Farmers went so far as to mount a brief rebellion to keep the water flowing, but ultimately conceded defeat.

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This book provides a superb, comprehensive overview of the technical issues and human tendencies that inflame water conficts. Elegant and clear, the book presents complex material accessibly. --Electronic Green Journal Doremus and Tarlock utilize the Klamath Basin issue to offer us a reality check for the role of science in influencing public policy. --Natural Areas Journal

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Holly Doremus is professor of law at the University of California, Davis. She has written extensively about biodiversity protection and the intersection of environmental law and natural science. A. Dan Tarlock is Distinguished Professor of Law at the Chicago-Kent College of Law. He was principal writer of the Report of the Western Water Policy Review Advisory Committee, Water in the West: Challenge for the Next Century.

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