- Cadillac Desert
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Cadillac Desert (film) (1997)."Cadillac Desert" byMarc Reisner is a1986 book (ISBN 0-14-017824-4) about land development and water policy in the western United States. Subtitled "The American West and its Disappearing Water," it gives the history of theBureau of Reclamation andU.S. Army Corps of Engineers , and their struggle to remake the American West. The book's main conclusion is that development-driven policies, formed when settling the West was the country's main concern, are having serious long-term negative effects on the environment and water quantity. The book was revised and updated in 1993.A four-part television documentarywaybackdate|site=http://www.kteh.org/cadillacdesert/caddesert.html|date=20030225052337 based on the revised book was produced by
KTEH -TV, the PBS affiliate inSan Jose, California , in 1996. The parts are entitled "Mulholland’s Dream", "An American Nile", "The Mercy of Nature", and "The Last Oasis".Topics discussed
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John Wesley Powell
*Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869
*"Rain follows the plow "
*William Mulholland
*Owens Valley
*California Water Wars
*NAWAPA
*Hoover Dam
*Los Angeles Department of Water and Power ee also
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Cadillac Desert (film) , a documentary based partly on this book.
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