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Author Evenden, Matthew D. (Matthew Dominic), 1971-

Title Fish versus power : an environmental history of the Fraser River / Matthew D. Evenden.

Imprint New York : Cambridge University Press, c2004.

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LOCATION NOTE CALL # STATUS
 Upper Mezzanine - Non-Fiction    333.95616 EVE    AVAILABLE
Descript xvii, 309 p. ; 24 cm.
Series Studies in environment and history
Note. Includes bibliography (p. 277-297) and index.
Summary "Fish versus Power is an environmental history of the Fraser River (British Columbia) and the attempts to dam it for power and to defend it for salmon. Amid contemporary debates over large dam development an declines in fisheries, this book offers a case study of a river basin where development decisions did not ultimately dam the river, but rather conserved its salmon. Although the case is local, its implications are global as Evenden explores the transnational forces that shaped the river, the changing knowledge and practices of science, and the role of environmental change in shaping environmental debate. The Fraser is the world's most productive salmon river; it is also a large river with enormous waterpower potential. Very few rivers in the developed world have remained undammed. On the Fraser, however, fish - not dams - triumphed, and this book seeks to explain why."--Jacket.
Subject Fishes -- Conservation -- British Columbia -- Fraser River -- History.
Pacific salmon fisheries -- British Columbia -- Fraser River -- History.
Hydroelectric power plants -- Environmental aspects.
Fraser River (B.C.) -- Environmental conditions -- History.
ISBN 0521830990 (hdc)