A Symbol of Wilderness: Echo Park and the American Conservation Movement.Mark W.T. Harvey. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2000. 400 pp. $19.95 Paperbound pa·per·bound adj. Bound in paper; paperback. . A Symbol of Wilderness: Echo Park and the American Conservation Movement 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 Dinosaur National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table). Dinosaur National Monument National preserve, northwestern Colorado and northeastern Utah, U.S. It was set aside in 1915 to preserve rich fossil beds that include dinosaur remains. , straddling the Utah-Colorado Border. This book helps understand the history of modern environmentalism environmentalism, movement to protect the quality and continuity of life through conservation of natural resources, prevention of pollution, and control of land use. and the relationship between large-scale dams and the environmental movement. Mark W.T. Harvey is associate professor of history at North Dakota State University North Dakota State University, at Fargo; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1890 as North Dakota Agricultural College, achieved university status in 1960. in Fargo. |
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