academia, 33, 117

acceptable risk. See risk

activist, 11, 13, 32, 43, 69, 94, 112, 118–119, 128, 165, 170

Milltown river activist, 43–45, 48, 52–55, 69, 78, 80, 83, 87, 102–103, 105, 107, 116, 122, 136, 140, 143, 147–148, 150, 153, 174

Missoula activist, 45, 47–48, 50, 53, 68–69, 73, 75–77, 79–80, 82–86, 88–89, 106, 112, 114, 117, 119, 125, 140, 143–146, 148, 150, 153–154

aesthetic, 38, 54, 84, 115, 130, 135, 149, 154–155, 157–159, 162, 167, 175

Agnew, J. A., 20

alternative water. See water

amenity, 20–21, 146–147, 149, 151, 155–156. See also landscape

anthropocentric, 166

aquifer, 5, 6, 69, 72–75, 113–114, 117, 138

Arnold, D., 129

arsenicSee also contamination, 1, 4–6, 15, 47, 66–71, 73, 85–86, 93–95, 105–106, 111, 113–114, 116–117, 126, 139, 164, 171, 178

arsenic plume, 6, 116

assemblage, 128, 155, 175

local, 159, 163

manifest, 22, 42

materialSee also material object, 20–21, 34, 169, 174

assemblage (continued)

physical, 57–58, 62, 100, 129, 131

tangible, 21

Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), 5–7, 9, 74–76, 78, 101–103, 116–117, 119, 122–123, 125–126, 129, 131, 136, 140, 156–157

authority, 16, 40, 67, 69, 100, 122, 127–130, 137, 161

contestedSee also landscape, 38, 100, 100, 127–130, 161, 175, 175, 177

federal authorities, 8, 12, 15, 69

public health authoritypublic health authority, 45, 45, 49–50, 55, 70, 70, 72–73, 75, 79, 83, 87, 109, 113, 116, 121, 123, 137

Barnes, T., 22

Berkes, F., 27

Billinge, M., 26, 100

Birdsall, S., 22

Blackfeet, 25

Blackfoot River. See river

blue-collar, 26, 43–44, 52, 143–144, 149, 155

Bonner, 3, 8, 10–11, 13, 43–44, 50, 53, 55–56, 58–59, 87, 101, 103, 117, 126, 143–144, 146, 153, 172

Bonner Development Group, 12, 46–47, 51, 55–56, 77, 79, 82, 85, 88, 90–92, 102, 104–106, 109–111, 123–127, 138–140, 145–147, 152, 154, 173