Water Without Borders?

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.

• IntroductionPART ONEISSUES, 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 TWOFLASHPOINTS, 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)

‘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.’- Meg Stanley (BC Studies vol 185 spring 2015)