The ideas associated with prior appropriation fostered the attitude that
A) natural resources exist to serve human needs and advance profits.
B) water, unlike other natural resources, may not be held and used as private property.
C) only people who live along the banks of rivers and streams may appropriate from the water's flow.
D) the natural beauty of the rivers and streams must be protected from corporate greed.

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Prior appropriation is a water rights doctrine that allows individuals to acquire rights to water by diverting it and putting it to beneficial use, often for economic purposes, reflecting the idea that natural resources exist to serve human needs and advance profits.

The Ideas Associated with Prior Appropriation Fostered the Attitude That