塞拉俱乐部参与回声公园运动的活动与影响

The Activities and Influences of the Sierra Club in the Echo Park Campaign

20世纪50年代中期,美国爆发了战后第一次环保冲突。众多环保组织和环保主义者反对垦务局在恐龙国家纪念地的回声公园附近建造大坝,塞拉俱乐部也积极参与其中。塞拉俱乐部在专业领域质疑垦务局的蒸发数据和大坝规划,建议用其他方案来代替回声公园大坝;并广泛宣传回声公园的美丽景致,号召民众保护西部荒野。最终,战后环保运动取得了第一次胜利。通过反对回声公园筑坝,塞拉俱乐部既保护了国家公园和西部荒野,又发展壮大了环保组织的力量,在战后美国环保运动中不断发挥更大的作用和影响。

In the mid-1950 s,the United States broke out the first environmental conflict after the war. Numerous environmental groups and environmentalists opposed the Bureau of Reclamation to build a dam near the Echo Park of the Dinosaur National Monument,and the Sierra Club was actively involved into the campaign. The Sierra Club questioned the evaporation data and dam planning given by the Bureau of Reclamation, suggested it replace the Echo Park Dam with alternatives, and publicized the beautiful scenery of the Echo Park. It called on people to protect the western wilderness and finally achieved the first victory of the post-war environmental protection movement. By opposing the Echo Park dam construction,the Sierra Club protected the national park and the western wilderness,and empowered environmental protection organizations to play a greater role in the post-war U.S. environmental movement.