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- John Fleck argues that the talk of impending doom is not only untrue, but dangerous. When people get scared, they fight for the last drop of water; but when they actually have less, they use less.
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Sep 1, 2016 · "Water is for Fighting Over" by John Fleck is a myth-busting approach to telling stories about the American southwest. In it, Fleck has two projects: to offer an antidote to simplistic stories of competition over water, and to reveal the stories of success that underpin these unspoken realities.
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Sep 1, 2016 · While many stories, books, and symposiums dwell on the doom and gloom aspect of water in the West, John Fleck has written a book that dispels the myths of the system and how people and agencies can work together with legal or court mandated rules.
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Jan 1, 2022 · Fleck, John, 1959- author. Publication date. 2016. Topics. Water-supply -- West (U.S.), Water-supply -- Colorado River Valley (Colo.-Mexico), Water resources development -- West (U.S.), Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Water rights. Publisher.
When people get scared, they fight for the last drop of water; but when they actually have less, they use less. Having covered environmental issues in the West for a quarter century, Fleck...
In his two decades of reporting on water in the Southwest, longtime journalist John Fleck argues that rather than fighting over water, he has seen stories of successful compromise.
"John Fleck's Water is for Fighting Over is a smart, provocative, and ultimately hopeful look at how to solve water conflicts in the Colorado River Basin, the lifeline of the American Southwest. Fleck walks us away from the doomsday mentality of conflict and crisis toward a future that’s already emerging—one of mutual adaptation that ...
Water is for Fighting Over: and Other Myths about Water in the West - Ebook written by John Fleck. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC,...
