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In the 1940s dams were synonymous with progress, and the rivers were to be conquered with the fervour of a pioneer wielding an axe.
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― Endangered Rivers and the Conservation Movement
― Endangered Rivers and the Conservation Movement
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We stood by and allowed what happened to the Great Plains a century ago, the destruction of one of the ecological wonders of the world. In modern America, we need to see this with clear eyes, and soberly, so that we understand well that the flyover country of our own time derives much of its forgettability from being a slate wiped almost clean of its original figures.
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― American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains
― American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains
