Cornerstone at the Confluence Navigating the Colorado River Compact's Next Century

"This book collects an impressive and interdisciplinary group of Colorado River experts who provide thoughtful and original contributions on how we can reconsider our collective vision of the most important river basin in the United States. The result is an authoritative yet accessible exploration of the original sins of the Colorado River Compact, the "Law of the River" that has emerged over the past century, and-most importantly-a series of careful ruminations about what the future may hold for the river, its Native peoples, and the forty million people who depend on it in the face of unrelenting demands and global climate change. Cornerstone at the Confluence returns repeatedly to a founding principle of the compact-that of equity-and finds hope that we can reform our management of the basin away from zero-sum allocation and toward a more comprehensive and ethical governance."-Burke W. Griggs, co-author of Water Resource Management: A Casebook in Law and Public Policy

Jason Anthony Robison is a professor of law at the University of Wyoming. Reflecting his deep love of the American West, Professor Robison's writing and teaching revolve around water, public lands, and Native peoples. He was lead editor of the sesquicentennial volume, Vision and Place: John Wesley Powell and Reimagining the Colorado River Basin, and he authors the long-running treatise, Law of Water Rights and Resources.