Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Defining the River -- 2. The Ancient Saga of Water and Land: Geomorphology and Hydrology of the Bear -- 3. From Alpine to Desert: The Changing Ecology of the Bear River Basin -- 4. The Bear River and the Threads of Western American History -- 5. Stakeholders Lay Claim to the Bear River and Its Water -- 6. Damn the Dams: Conflicts Roil the Bear River -- 7. Mitigation on the Bear: Repairing a Century of Misuse -- Bibliography -- Index.