A Reed Shaken with the Wind

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A Human and Natural History of the Bear River Marsh

Andrew H. Hedges

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University of Utah Press,U.S.
30 January 2026

History of the Americas; Limnology (freshwater); Physical geography & topography; The Earth: natural history general; Local history

Series: Utah Series on Great Salt Lake and the Great Basin

Reveals the environmental and historical pressures shaping an essential stretch of land and water in the American West

A Reed Shaken with the Wind tells the story of the Bear River Marsh, freshwater and sheltered grasslands on the northeast end of the Great Salt Lake with a complex past. Despite being one of Utah’s most renowned hunting and birdwatching locations, the marsh today holds only a shadow of its former ecological vitality.

Tracing the marsh from its creation during the last ice age to its current status as an imperiled national wildlife refuge, Andrew Hedges draws on geology, ecology, archaeology, wildlife biology, and water resource management to explore the natural and human forces that shaped the marsh and contributed to its decline. Covering Indigenous relationships with land, market economies’ impacts, and the intersection of ecology, science, and politics in establishing the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, this volume deepens discussions of humanity’s place in the environment and efforts to restore balance with our planet.

By: Andrew H. Hedges
Imprint: University of Utah Press,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
ISBN: 9781647692414
ISBN 10: 1647692415
Series: Utah Series on Great Salt Lake and the Great Basin
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 30 January 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrew H. Hedges is professor of church history and doctrine at Brigham Young University. He is editor of two volumes of the Joseph Smith Papers Journals series and The Brigham Young Journals, Volume 1.

Reviews for A Reed Shaken with the Wind: A Human and Natural History of the Bear River Marsh

“This book is a deeply researched and engaging clarion call for the protection and restoration of the Bear River Marsh, a wetland of national and international importance for migratory waterfowl and shorebirds. Grounded in natural history and administrative sources, and stretching from prehistory through the creation and development of the Bear River National Wildlife Refuge, Andrew Hedges’s account highlights the unforeseen disruptions to the marsh ecosystem during nearly a century of well-meaning but often misguided attempts to manage and control its hydrology and biology.” - Philip Garone, author of The Fall and Rise of the Wetlands of California’s Great Central Valley