Complexity in a Ditch: Bringing Water to the Idaho Desert

by Hugh T. Lovin and Jeffrey Lovin

Water--or the lack of it--has profoundly shaped the settlement patterns, economic development, and political dynamics of the arid American West. On Idaho's Snake River Plain, the irrigation process has been particularly complex, influenced by local and national politics as well as geographic geography and technology. Throughout two decades, decisions surrounding water use shaped the state's settlement patterns, economic development, and political...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874223539
• ISBN13: 9780874223538
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Washington State University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.1"