TY - BOOK AU - Harden,Blaine TI - A river lost: the life and death of the Columbia SN - 0393039366 AV - HC107.A195 H37 1996 U1 - 333.91/6215/09797 20 PY - 1996/// CY - New York PB - W.W. Norton KW - Economic development KW - Environmental aspects KW - Columbia River Region KW - Social aspects KW - Environmental degradation KW - Water resources development KW - History KW - sears N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Library Journal; Publisher's Weekly; Wilson's Public Library; Adult; Follett Library Resources N2 - Details the destruction of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest by well-intentioned Americans who saw only the benefits of the dam-building, power plant and irrigation projects, not realizing the longterm effects of killing the river ER -