The River Knows: How Water and Land Can Shape Our Future. This item is unavailable.The River Knows: How Water and Land Can Shape Our Future

Water, land, soil--any Midwesterner knows these resources shape our states; they define our economies, our culture, our social structure, and our politics. While we have made progress to a more modern political and economic structure, these fundamental forces--the water, land, soil--still play an outsize role in all dimensions of our societies. This book is their story, in particular, the story of our water--its presence or lack thereof, and how it influences the health of the land and society.

Neil Hamilton is an emeritus professor of law and the former director of the Agricultural Law Center at Drake University in Des Moines. He retired from full-time teaching in 2019 after thirty-eight years focusing on agriculture and food law. Raised on his family farm in Adams County, he attended Iowa State University for Forestry and the University of Iowa for Law. Teaching, writing, and consulting work led to travels around the globe and across the state and nation.