Water Desalination and the California Drought
Joshua Haggmark talked about how the city was coping with severe drought conditions in California. In the early 1990s, t…
Rose Davis gave a tour of Hoover Dam, located on the border of Nevada and Arizona, and spoke about its history. The dam was built along the … read more
Rose Davis gave a tour of Hoover Dam, located on the border of Nevada and Arizona, and spoke about its history. The dam was built along the Colorado River during the Great Depression and provided not only flood control, crop irrigation, and hydroelectric power for the southwestern states, but also jobs for many in the city of Las Vegas. close
Joshua Haggmark talked about how the city was coping with severe drought conditions in California. In the early 1990s, t…
Chuck Knowlton gave a tour of Knowlton’s Ice Museum of North America, one of the country’s largest collections of ice in…
A case study by the American Society for Environmental History illustrated the changing perspectives on dams with a disc…
Charles Flynn spoke about the role of the Colorado River throughout the history of Yuma, Arizona. He talked about the ro…