Cadillac Desert: A American Nile (Water and the Transformation of Nature) [VHS] Overview
An American Nile charts the Colorado River's 100-year transformation from a wild desert river to the most controlled, litigated, and over-allocated river in history. The first river to come under complete human control, it can now be turned off, to the last drop.
Cadillac Desert: A American Nile (Water and the Transformation of Nature) [VHS] Specifications
We can turn the Colorado River off, if we want to. That sobering thought is the heart of An American Nile, an exploration of the dam-building frenzy that possessed the Bureau of Reclamation in the middle part of the 20th century and nearly led to damming the Grand Canyon. Through stock footage, modern shots of the river and its surrounding country, and interviews with the builders and their environmentalist foes, we can see the struggle between two noble desires: to make the desert livable and to preserve the wilderness. Stirring and triumphant as the great dams are, they unquestionably started a chain reaction of environmental consequences unforeseen by their designers. Watching the Cadillac Desert series reminds us that we have great power, and we must use it wisely if we want the desert to continue bearing fruit. --Rob Lightner
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Basic information for the understanding of Western politics. Important information for anyone interested in agriculture and / or environmental problems in the western United States.
Gives a brief history of the development of water resources in the West. Describes how water projects became the epitome of what we know as pork barrel politics.
This series is based on a book with the same name by Mark Reisner based. The film is a good summary of the book, but for anyone recommend a movie that I likeread the book. The book deals with the information so much more and are many other striking examples.
For anyone in the protection of natural resources or conservation, I would recommend this documentary and the book as required materials.
For those in agriculture, I would suggest the film, if necessary, appeal to you, the book, read when the subject concerned.
I grew up on a farm and have since moved in fisheries biology. I saw howis difficult for farmers to survive, I have also seen how most of our native fish are to survive otherwise. Both tragedies result, some large agribuisness a direct product of major federal projects that you can see in this document.
Now you do and enjoy. Knowledge is power!
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