Up most of the side canyons, before dam nation, there were springs, sometimes flowing streams, waterfalls and plunge pools the kind of marvels you can now find only in such small-scale remnants of glen canyon as the escalante area. in the rich flora of these laterals the larger mammals mule deer, coyote, bobcat, ring-tailed cat, gray fox, kit fox, skunk, badger and others found a home. when the river was dam med almost all of these things were lost. crowded out or drowned and buried under mud. edward abbey, "the dam nation of a canyon"which word has the most positive connotation? a. buried b. marvels c. drowned d. remnants