A dramatic environmental saga unfolds in Hart's compelling story of the fight to save Mono Lake, and ancient inland sea in located in the eastern Sierra Yosemit

This book is about the enactment, adaption, and ultimately fragmentation of government policy regarding the use of water in the American west. It describes its

Environmental controversy brought so much attention to Mono Lake in the late twentieth century that it became best known for its appearance on "Save Mono Lake"

The story of "the great thirst" is brought up to date in this revised edition of Norris Hundley's outstanding history, with additional photographs and incisive