University of Utah faculty members Jon Fisk, Dan McCool, and Tyler Faith have all authored or co-authored books focusing on various environmental topics. Each author has worked tirelessly to compile their research and concentrate it into each text, and the U celebrates the authors’ efforts to collaborate with other researchers across the nation to produce these books.
The Drought Dilemma: Pathways to Innovation for a Water-Stressed Future 
The Drought Dilemma: Pathways to Innovation for a Water-Stressed Future, co-written by Jon Fisk, U of U associate professor and associate director of the School of Public Affairs, analyzes Texas, California, and Alabama’s responses to drought due to differences in environmental culture and water distribution in each state.
Fisk explained, “What has always stood out to me about drought management is the reality that it forces stakeholders to grapple with hard questions related to risk, fairness, the future, and innovation- before, during and after a drought happens,” and The Drought Dilemma provides a framework analysis to investigate how water scarcity and droughts have interacted to produce variance in policy innovations in each case. Fisk’s work on this text exemplifies the collaboration and dedication the U encourages within this ecosystem of researchers that extends across the nation.
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River Republic: The Fall and Rise of America’s Rivers 
River Republic: The Fall and Rise of America’s Rivers, written by political science Professor Emeritus Dan McCool chronicles the history of water development in American agencies and the way in which special interests have abused rather than preserved the country’s rivers.
“I spent ten years traveling to river restoration projects all over the US. I found it heartening that so many every-day Americans were making such a difference in restoring rivers,” McCool shared. “In some ways, they are the heroes of people-centered governance.”
River Republic, runner-up in the Science category for the Green Book Festival, marks McCool’s incredible dedication and commitment to his studies, drawing attention to a broader impact in the world as countless American citizens advocate for local river restoration.
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Paleozoology and Paleoenvironments: Fundamentals, Assumptions, Techniques 
U of U Professor of Anthropology Tyler Faith co-authored Paleozoology and Paleoenvironments: Fundamentals, Assumptions, Techniques, which outlines the reconstruction of ancient climates, floras, and habitats on the basis of animal fossil remains recovered from archaeological and paleontological sites.
“Even if nobody ever read the book, the whole experience—about 4 years from concept to publication—made me a better scientist,” Faith remarked on what this book means to him. “It’s great to know that the U of U celebrates all the different kinds of work we do.”
The text, co-authored with a professor of anthropology at the University of Missouri, describes and evaluates the analytical techniques that have been applied to paleozoological remains for purpose of paleoenvironmental reconstruction.
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All three of these authors have dedicated countless hours of research, collaboration, and work to these books, and the University of Utah celebrates their successful efforts to accumulate their studies into texts that demonstrate and expand the impact that each author has had in their field.
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