If surface water can be compared with interest income, and non-renewable groundwater with capital, then much of the West was living mainly on interest income. California was milking interest and capital in about equal proportion. The plains states, however, were… — Marc Reisner Copy Share Image
I believe that anyone who flies in an airplane and doesn't spend most of his time looking out the window wastes his money. — Marc Reisner Copy Share Image
“To some conservationists, the Colorado River is the preeminent symbol of everything mankind has done wrong—a harbinger of a squalid and deserved fate. To… — Marc Reisner Copy Share Image
If surface water can be compared with interest income, and non-renewable groundwater with capital, then much of the West was living mainly on interest… — Marc Reisner Copy Share Image
“the American West quietly became the first and most durable example of the modern welfare state. The” — Marc Reisner Copy Share Image
