December 12, 2003

The Power of Water

By MALCOLM G. SCULLY

Booklist: Some Recent Books About Water

In 2000, Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt was attempting to resolve a dispute in Arizona over rights to water from the Little Colorado River. The Clinton administration had just negotiated the Good Friday settlement in Northern Ireland, and Babbitt commented, "If we can achieve peace in Northern Ireland, we should be able to settle the Little Colorado River controversy." To which

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