West-Northwest Volume 1, Number 1

West-Northwest
Issues

Western Water Law

Spring 1994

1  WEST-NORTHWEST __ (1994)

Table of Contents

Deconstruction in the Arid West: Close of the Age of Dams
Essay by Marc P. Reisner

Understanding Transfers: Community Rights and the Privatization of Water
Article by Joseph L. Sax

The Market and the Community: Lessons From California's Drought Water Bank
Article by Brian E. Gray

Market Transfers of Water in California
Article by Richard W. Wahl

From Natural Scarcity to Artificial Abundance: 
The Legacy of California Water Law and Politics
Article by A. Dan Tarlock

Drought
Story by Barry Lopez

The Imperiled Klamath River Salmon:
A Troubled History and a Hopeful Future Under the CVP Improvement Act
Note by Robert A. McFarlane, '94

California Water Rights, the Fifth Amendment and Environmental Protection Legislation:
A Takings Analysis
Note by Deborah Martin, '94

Tasting the Land
Poem by Jerold Ramsey