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
Agricultural industries, 18
Agriculture, 2, 11, 20, 21, 33, 34, 90, 113
American Indian Water rights, 85–92
disposal depot, 37
drilling process, 35
location, 33
oil and gas development booms, 34–35
Channel migration, 12, 56, 82, 102
channel geometry changes, 93
ecosystem services, 95
historical maps, 93
landowners and property protection, 95
Livingston residents, 100
retirement home, 101
riverbank stabilization, 96–98
unencumbered, 93
Cottonwood forests, 1, 2, 11, 27, 41, 51, 60, 61, 92, 99, 101, 113
avian species, 53
backyards, 52
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
tree health, 59
Cricket pump, Eastern Montana, 20
Cumulative effects analysis (CEA), 10, 70, 109, 112, 113
Dryland ranching, 23
Ecological resilience, 81
Economic activities, 11
agricultural activities, 20–26
agricultural industries, 18
business sustainability, 17
long-term profitability, 17
oil and gas development, 19, 33–38
Elk River, 1
Endangered Species Act (ESA), 43, 48, 51, 60
Environmental justice, xvi, 2, 12, 64, 65
Environmental well-being
Exxon spill, 71
Flood irrigation practices, 22, 23, 90, 91
General Mining Act (GMA), 84
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
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
drilling process, 36
economic sectors, 38
water needs, 36
Pallid Sturgeon, long-term well-being, 2, 11, 42, 60, 92, 101
Endangered Species Act (ESA), 43
entrainment, 44
environmental sustainability, 51
historical habitat, 43
Mike Backes views, 45
side channels, 44
Paradise Valley, 1, 19, 26, 27, 33, 92
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
water rights and river functions, 102
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
practices and inventions, 66
primogeniture, 65
oil and gas mishaps
Exxon spill, 71
individual property owners, 72
landowner responses, 74
private party disputes, 71
Sustainability
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
activities, 11
Livingston terminal, 26
local fishing guide, 28
Paradise Valley, 27
proliferative kidney disease (PKD) outbreak, 30
public boat launches, 29
recreational opportunities, 31
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
environmental sustainability, 11
farmer’s long-term goals, 14
fisheries, 4
harvest time, 18
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
towns and communities, 9
USGS map, 7
water planning, 13
Yellowstone River Cultural Inventory, 13
Yellowtail Dam project, 57–58, 60