"Perhaps the first environmental engineer at Hanford, Melvin R. Adams spent 24 years on its 586 square miles of desert terrain. His thoughtful vignettes recall challenges and sites he worked on or fou
This book is part memoir, part history, and unusually well written for a work of this type. Melvin, who was born in the desert region of eastern Oregon in 1941, interweaves an affectionate account of
At first, the basalt rims, high cold deserts, dry lakes, and vast expanses of grass and sage seem to be a barren realm. In fact, remote southeast Oregon is a rich wonderland of mountains, forests, cre
