not an isolated case; ‘‘pork barrel’ 
and other senseless projects are 
systematically destroying rivers and 
streams all over America—hun- 
dreds of them. Dam _ building 
(where dams are not needed) and 
channelization (where it does no 
good) are killing our irreplaceable 
waterways. 
PERIODICALLY A few newspapers 
and conservation magazines have 
exposed the dam building—chan- 
nelization problem, but now a 
book has been done that should 
bring major attention since it pre- 
sents the complete, .long, long 
story of the destruction of Ameri- 
ca’s rivers. 
Title of the book is The River 
Killers, and its author is Martin 
Heuvelmans, who says he is sim- 
ply ‘an angry citizen.” The book 
began as an interested citizen’s 
investigation, then swelled into 
“an angry citizen’s call for action.” 
The book (224 pages, Stackpole 
Co., Harrisburg, Pa., $8.95) pre- 
sents the incredible story of the 
destruction of our waterways and 
ecology at the hands of the Civil 
Works Project Branch of the Army 
Corps of Engineers. 
Citing specific river ‘projects’ 
in state after state—reporting on 
board meetings, conferences and 
sessions not often penetrated by 
the layman, Mr. Heuvelmans shows 
irrefutably that the Corps activity 
in lakes and rivers has destroyed 
fish and wildlife, degraded the 
quality of the water supplies and 
“desecrated the environment to 
the extent that it is almost beyond 
comprehension.” 
HEUVELMANS DEVOTED 10 years 
of intense study and examination 
of Corps dam building, channeliza- 
tion and drainage projects before, 
as an “infuriated citizen conserva- 
tionist,"”” he decided to write the 
book. 
The River Killers is a step-by-step 
account of the “death throes” of 
countless of our most valuable, 
most treasured, irreplaceable rivers. 
With its carefully documented 
facts, the book is a tool for sports- 
men, conservationists and all con- 
cerned citizens groups to use in 
the fight to preserve our natural 
resources. Resources like the Big 
Hole River. 
(Reprinted with permission. of 
Mr. McNally and the Tribune.) 
