Abstract
Middleton Manning, Beth Rose. 2018. Upstream: Trust Lands and power on the Feather River. Reviewed by Michael J. Ioannides
Highlights
The State Water Project (SWP) has contributed to California's rapid economic and agricultural development by providing drinking water to 25 million residents of central and southern California and irrigation for more than 750,000 acres of farmland, the costs of this project have been disproportionately borne by upstream communities
Upstream: Trust Lands and power on the Feather River (2018), Beth Rose Middleton Manning provides an intricately-researched examination of the history of the SWP and its impacts on Mountain Maidu and other native communities living in the upper reaches of the Feather River system, where the SWP's water conveyance system originates
Using documentary evidence from a variety of sources, as well as technical tools such as ArcGIS, Middleton Manning provides an in-depth historical overview of the process through which Maidu lands were systematically expropriated for water development, while linking this history to contemporary efforts by Maidu community organizations to participate in decision-making processes from which they have historically been excluded
Summary
The State Water Project (SWP) has contributed to California's rapid economic and agricultural development by providing drinking water to 25 million residents of central and southern California and irrigation for more than 750,000 acres of farmland, the costs of this project have been disproportionately borne by upstream communities.
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