Publications

Books:

Dam Nation: Dispatches from the Water Underground 

Edited by Cleo Woelfle-Erskine, July Oskar Cole, and Laura Allen, illustrated by Annie Danger. Soft Skull Press, 2007

This 2007 anthology brings together an analysis of water's history with the active fight for its future. An investigation into the political economy and environmental impact of water consumption, Dam Nation presents water harvesting and ecological as ways for readers to join the "water underground" themselves.

Urban Wilds: Gardeners' Stories of the Struggle for Land and Justice

Edited by Cleo Woelfle-Erskine. water/under/ground, 2003

Presenting political and horticultural strategies for transforming cities into vibrant, productive ecosystems, this anthology features stories from North American cities and an illustrated appendix of ecological design, water harvesting, gardening, and watershed restoration techniques for urban environments.

Sink or Swim: A history of Sausal Creek
by Cleo Woelfle-Erskine. Illustrated natural and social history of Oakland, California for middle-grade readers.

Articles:

“Riparian Repair” in High Country News, August 25, 2008.
by Cleo Woelfle-Erskine. Analysis of dam removal and restoration projects on the Clark Fork River, Montana.

“St. Thomas Reemerges from the Waters of Lake Mead”, Camas, Winter 2007.

“Rebuilding on Poisoned Ground”, ColorLines, Spring 2006.
by July Oskar Cole and Cleo Woelfle-Erskine. Investigation of environmental health effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

“Drying Up: The Water Privatization Pandemic” in LiP, Summer 2004.
by Kari Lydersen and Cleo Woelfle-Erskine. Survey of water privatization efforts and grassroots resistance.