Table of Contents
Introduction
PART ONE
ISSUES, APPROACHES, AND CHALLENGES
Indigenous Peoples and Water: Governing Across Borders -
Merrell-Ann S. Phare (lawyer and the founding Executive Director of
the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources, a national First
Nation charitable environmental organisation)
Rise of the Local? Delegation and Devolution in Transboundary
Water Governance - Emma S. Norman (Northwest Indian College,
Geography) and Karen Bakker (University of British Columbia,
Geography)
The IJC and Transboundary Water Disputes: Past, Present, and
Future - Murray Clamen (McGill University, Bisource
Engineering)
Continental Bulk Water Transfers: Chimera or Real Possibility?
- Frédéric Lasserre (Université du Québec, Geography)
Key Challenges in Canada-U.S. Water Governance - Ralph Pentland
(Chair of Canadian Water Issues Council)
PART TWO
FLASHPOINTS, CONFLICT, AND COOPERATION
The Columbia River Treaty - John Shurts (General Counsel of
Northwest Power and Conservation Council) and Richard Paisley
(University of British Columbia, Fisheries Centre)
Apportionment of the St. Mary and Milk Rivers - Nigel Bankes
(University of Calgary, Natural Resource Law) and Elizabeth Bourget
(Enivronmental and Water Resources Institute)
Devils Lake and Red River Basin - Norman Brandson (former
Deputy Minister of the department of the Environment, Conservation
and Water Stewardship with the government of Manitoba) and Robert
Hearne (North Dakota State University, Agribusiness and Applied
Economics)
The Transboundary Flathead Basin - Harvey Locke (Vice President
for Conservation Strategy with The WILD Foundation and Strategic
Adviser for the Yellowstone to Yukon Initiative) and Matthew
McKinney (Director of the Centre for Natural Resources and
Environmental Policy at the University of Montana)
The Great Lakes: A Model of Transboundary Cooperation - Jamie
Linton (Queen's University, Geography) and Noah Hall (Wayne State
University Law School)
LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD
Conclusion - Alice Cohen (Clark University, Geography), Emma S.
Norman (Michigan Technological University, Social Sciences,
Environmental and Energy Program), and Karen Bakker (University of
British Columbia, Geography, Canada Research Chair in Political
Ecology, director of the Program on Water Governance)
Promotional Information
"Water Without Borders offers important lessons for managing water
across one of the longest political borders in the world: Canada -
U.S. frontier. This book shows how the increased participation by
citizen activists and watershed groups is improving water
governance. Water without Borders is a must read for anyone
interested in protecting shared waterways and fortifying strong
communities for the 21st Century." -- Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. "Water
Without Borders? is a unique and indispensable read for both
American and Canadian defenders of the right to swimmable,
drinkable, fishable water. The rules that govern the relationship
between Canada and the United States as it relates to shared water
resources will predict the success or failure of any law enacted
alone." -- Mark Mattson, President of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper and
co-founder of the National Water Centre "This is an important book
that could potentially directly influence public policy with
respect to water in Canada for decades to come." -- Robert
Sandford, EPCOR Chair, Canadian Partnership Initiative, United
Nations Water for Life Decade;
About the Author
Emma S. Norman is an assistant professor of Geography at Michigan
Technological University.
Alice Cohen is a professor in the Departments of Earth and
Environmental Science and the Environmental and Sustainability
Studies program at Acadia University.
Karen Bakker is Canada Research Chair in Political Ecology,
director of the Program on Water Governance, and a professor in the
Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia.
Reviews
‘A nauanced presentation of perspectives from both sides of the
border… This book illustrates the fascinating and dynamic nature of
the past and present of trans-border water management.’
*BC Studies vol 185 spring 2015*
