Index

Agricultural activities

chemicals and pollution, 25

dryland ranching, 23

farm earnings, 21

fertilizers and pesticides, 24

flood irrigation, 23

governmental and mining activities, 20

irrigated farmland, 25

irrigation infrastructure, 22

Lower Yellowstone Project, 20–21

pivot systems, 22

productivity, 20

water quality, 25–26

Agricultural industries, 18

Agriculture, 2, 11, 20, 21, 33, 34, 90, 113

American Indian Water rights, 85–92

Bakken field, xiv, 89, 90

disposal depot, 37

drilling process, 35

fracturing process, 36–37

location, 33

oil and gas development booms, 34–35

oil and gas producer, 33–34

Channel migration, 12, 56, 82, 102

channel geometry changes, 93

ecosystem services, 95

erosion, 98–99

historical maps, 93

landowners and property protection, 95

Livingston residents, 100

retirement home, 101

riparian areas, 93–94, 99

riverbank stabilization, 96–98

spring flood, 100–101

unencumbered, 93

Clean Water Act, 25–26

Cottonwood forests, 1, 2, 11, 27, 41, 51, 60, 61, 92, 99, 101, 113

avian species, 53

backyards, 52

climate change, 58–59

comparing flows, 58

cotton-tufted seeds, 51

grazing and farming practices, 54–55

high water, 54

Pick–Sloan Flood Control Act, 57

plains cottonwoon, 52

recruitment, 56

reliable groundwater, 53

reproductive mechanisms, 55

Russian olive trees, 54

seedlings, 55, 56

tree health, 59

Yellowtail Dam project, 57–58

Cricket pump, Eastern Montana, 20

Cumulative effects analysis (CEA), 10, 70, 109, 112, 113

Dryland ranching, 23

Ecological resilience, 81

Economic activities, 11

Economic well-being, 5, 9,

agricultural activities, 20–26

agricultural industries, 18

business sustainability, 17

long-term profitability, 17

oil and gas development, 19, 33–38

tourism, 26–33

Elk River, 1

Endangered species, 43, 60

Endangered Species Act (ESA), 43, 48, 51, 60

Entrainment process, 44, 48

Environmental justice, xvi, 2, 12, 64, 65

Environmental well-being

cottonwood forests, 51–60

Pallid Sturgeon, 41–51

Exxon spill, 71

Flood irrigation practices, 22, 23, 90, 91

General Mining Act (GMA), 84

Hatching programs, 44–45

Huntley Project, 18

Hydraulic fracturing, 18, 33, 89, 90

Indian Reserved Water Rights, 86

Instream flow protections, 88

Livingston terminal, 26

Lower Yellowstone Project, 20–21

Mining activities, 84

Missouri River, 8, 43–44

Montana Board of Oil and Gas Conservation (MBOGC), 75–77

Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC), 13

Montana Water Use Act of 1973, 83

Murphy Rights, 87

National Fish Hatchery, 44

Oil and gas development

Bakken field, 33–34

booms, 34–35

county revenues, 35–36

drilling process, 36

economic sectors, 38

fracturing process, 36–37

producers, 33–34

water needs, 36

Pallid Sturgeon, long-term well-being, 2, 11, 42, 60, 92, 101

bypass channel, 50–51

Endangered Species Act (ESA), 43

entrainment, 44

entrainment issue, 48–49

environmental sustainability, 51

hatching programs, 44–45

historical habitat, 43

Intake dam, 46–47

Mike Backes views, 45

Missouri River system, 43–44

recovery plans, 43, 46

rock ramp, 48–49

side channels, 44

Paradise Valley, 1, 19, 26, 27, 33, 92

boat launches, 28–29

climate change, 30

economic impact, 31

PDK outbreak, 30

recreational access control, 31

recreational activities, 27–28

sweeping views, 27

towns and settlements, 29

Pick-Sloan Flood Control Act, 57

Pivot systems, 22

Proliferative kidney disease (PKD) outbreak, 30, 88

Public Land/Water Access Association (PLWA), 68

Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission (RWRCC), 86, 87

Resilience and sustainability, 12, 81, 101, 112

American Indian Water rights, 85–92

channel migration. see Channel migration

identity, 113

legal rule changes, 114

resilience, 81

resource-dependent livelihoods, 113

thresholds, 103

water resource

appropriations doctrines, 83–84

General Mining Act (GMA), 84

ownership, 82

transferability, 84–85

water rights and river functions, 102

Smith River, 31–32

Smith River Management Act, 31

Social stability, 12, 64, 77–79

Social sustainability, 11–12, 17

fairness

accountability, 65

consequential environmental degradations, 65

equality principle, 64

fish and wildlife resources, 66–69

geographical inequalities, 63

lands as public spaces, 69–70

practices and inventions, 66

primogeniture, 65

public resources, 66–71

oil and gas mishaps

Exxon spill, 71

individual property owners, 72

landowner responses, 74

MBOGC, 75–77

private party disputes, 71

social stability, 77–79

Sustainability

thick, 108–109

thin, 108

Yellowstone River Valley. see Yellowstone River Valley sustainability

Sustainability science, xiv, 12, 107–110

Thick sustainability, xiv, 108–109, 111

Thin sustainability, xiv, 108, 109

Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program, 26

Tourism, xiv, 2, 19, 20, 113,

activities, 11

Livingston terminal, 26

local fishing guide, 28

Paradise Valley, 27

Park County’s economy, 27–28

proliferative kidney disease (PKD) outbreak, 30

public boat launches, 29

recreational opportunities, 31

Smith River, 31–32

Undeveloped property, 92

Water law, 12, 81, 82, 85, 102

Yellowstone National Park (YNP), 6–8, 11, 19, 26, 27, 66

Yellowstone River Cultural Inventory (YRCI), 13, 112

Yellowstone River Parks Association (YRPA), 69–70

Yellowstone River Valley sustainability

academic fields, 107

agricultural activities, 9

basin planning activities, 13–14

Clark’s description, 1

clearinghouse, 10

community participants, 110–112

confidential interview, 14

cumulative effects analysis (CEA), 10

drainage area, 8

economic well-being. see Economic well-being

environment, 5–6

environmental sustainability, 11

farmer’s long-term goals, 14

fisheries, 4

harvest time, 18

land-use behaviors, 113–114

park purposes and values, 8

Reach A16 and Reach PC19, 10

scarcities, 4

social sustainability. see Social sustainability

social well-being, 6

sustainability’s central question, 2–4

sustainability science, 109–110

sustainability’s complexities, 12

sustainable logging, 3

tourism, 11, 19

towns and communities, 9

USGS map, 7

water planning, 13

Yellowstone River Cultural Inventory, 13

Yellowtail Dam project, 57–58, 60