GLEN CANYON-LAKE POWELL: :The Wrong Damn Place to Build a Dam

by Rk Alleman

Overview

The subtitle of this 386-page volume (7 x 10 format) was prophesied before the dam was built in the late 1950s. Objectively, the narrative explains the before, during, and post effects of Lake Powell's diminishing lake levels. Due to persistent drought since the mid-1990s, likely, this aquatic playground's destiny is doomed. The subtitle of this telling tome also points the proverbial finger of shame at the Bureau of 'Wrecklamation' for building damn in the wrong place and for the wrong reasons. (Includes numerous colored images, including historic photos.)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798855607024
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	08/21/2023
Edition description:	Glen Canyon - Lake Powell ed.
Pages:	388
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Writer, educator, defender of the environment, and all creatures great and small. “Dr. Rich,” as some of his former students used to call him, created his eclectic lifestyle by engaging in numerous interests connected to targeted employment opportunities). Hence, he fits the profile of a free spirit (and perhaps “vagamundo” and “mi vida loca” are two other ways to describe his somewhat singular character). Throughout most of his life, he was primarily employed as an academic educator, outdoors instructor, and backcountry guide. What follows in the longer Curriculum Vitae is a detailed account based on his achievements, credentials, challenges, and even some of the disappointments he faced spanning fifty years.

RK’s teeming résumé seems to condense many roles over a number of lifetimes, yet representing a single life span that began in the mid-1940s. Starting with active duty in the military after high school, he joined the Navy (1963––1969). After Communications School (radio, crypto, and teletype), he was assigned to an admiral’s staff, specializing in the classified métier of Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW). Since 1970, he lived, worked, and played due west of the 100th Parallel, mainly hiking and backpacking throughout the Colorado Plateau Province (popularly known as “The Four Corners Region”) Investing many years in academics, he earned the Big 3 degrees with a focus on Eastern and Western Philosophy. For the most part, he eschewed the life of a professor, choosing, instead, employment as a backpacking and hiking educator, instructor, and guide.