Note: This article is a sidebar to one of this issue’s feature stories, Northwest is asked to give up 18 dams. The Oregon Natural Resource Council’s 18-dam “hit list” is already growing shorter. An Oregon irrigation district voted Jan. 5 to remove the Savage Rapids Dam on the Rogue River. “This is not the decision […]
Water
Comment on curbing a dam
Comment on curbing a dam The Bureau of Reclamation will host a series of meetings and public hearings on the Glen Canyon Dam draft EIS from Jan. 27 through March 24. The Bureau will accept public comments until April 11. Information Meetings, 5-9 p.m., will be held in Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, at the Stouffer […]
Draft plan foresees a freer-flowing Colorado River
If a draft plan for managing the massive Glen Canyon Dam in northern Arizona gains final approval, the Colorado River could run through the Grand Canyon much as it did before dam-builders arrived there in 1963. The Glen Canyon draft EIS, released by the Bureau of Reclamation Jan. 6, would protect the canyon from the […]
The Virgin River is the target
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Use-it-or-lose-it dam draws fire
Wyoming tries to revive the Sandstone Dam project in order to reserve the state’s Colorado River water rights. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Use-it-or-lose-it dam draws fire.
Montana’s disappearing wetlands
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Montana’s disappearing wetlands.
Wetlands at a distance
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Wetlands at a distance.
Group fights animus to Animas
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Group fights animus to Animas.
Defunct refinery fouls Wyoming river
The Sierra Club charges that a Texaco oil refinery is polluting the North Platte River in Wyoming. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Defunct refinery fouls Wyoming river.
Don’t drink the water
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Don’t drink the water.
In Utah, water grows on trees
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline In Utah, water grows on trees.
Tribes may take over Animas-La Plata
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Tribes may take over Animas-La Plata.
Pulling out of CAP
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Two Utah counties flee water project
Two Utah counties, frustrated with the cost of the Central Utah Project, decide to pull out. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Two Utah counties flee water project.
Rancher joins coalition to fight ‘water grabs’
A wary rancher joins an environmental group after groundwater pumping dries his ranch. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Rancher joins coalition to fight ‘water grabs’.
Now dust is his crop, says Nevada rancher
Groundwater pumping dries Milt Thompson’s Diamond Valley Ranch. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Now dust is his crop, says Nevada rancher.
Can Dan Beard reclaim Reclamation?
A profile of Dan Beard, head of Bureau of Reclamation, shows his role within the Department of the Interior. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Can Dan Beard reclaim Reclamation?.
Fish gotta spawn
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Lawsuit cools Rogue River jets
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Lawsuit cools Rogue River jets.
Drought costs firms big bucks
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Drought costs firms big bucks.