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Irrigation projects, dams, invasive saltcedar, forest proliferation, fires, floods, flow decline, usage conflicts, water quality deterioration--Dearen offers a thorough and clearly written account of what each factor has meant to the river and its prospects. As fine-grained in detail as it is sweeping in breadth, the picture \u003ci\u003eBitter Waters\u003c\/i\u003e presents is sobering but not without hope, as it also extends to potential solutions to the Pecos River's problems and the current efforts to undo decades of damage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Combining the research skills of an accomplished historian, the investigative techniques of a veteran journalist, and the engaging style of an award-winning novelist, this powerful and accessible work of environmental history may well mark a turning point in the Pecos's fortunes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDearen, Patrick:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003ePatrick Dearen\u003c\/b\u003e, winner of the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America, is an authority on the Pecos and Devils Rivers and the author of ten nonfiction books and twelve novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Big Drift\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Illegal Man\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTo Hell or the Pecos\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCrossing Rio Pecos\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328526586130,"sku":"9780806152011","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_98651ba0-0e04-42f2-bce8-3fa510ae0247.jpg?v=1727743455"},{"product_id":"from-praha-to-prague-czechs-in-an-oklahoma-farm-town-9780806157467","title":"From Praha to Prague: Czechs in an Oklahoma Farm Town","description":"\u003cp\u003eAround the turn of the twentieth century, thousands of Czechs left their homelands in Bohemia and Moravia and came to the United States. 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