After almost 20 years of controversy, Homestake II has joined the growing ranks of defeated Colorado water projects. On Nov. 17, the Colorado Court of Appeals upheld Eagle County’s decision to reject construction permits. The ruling, which recognized Colorado counties’ broad discretion in land-use matters, could be appealed to the Colorado Supreme Court. But regardless […]
Barry Noreen
Posted inMay 30, 1994: Can mining come clean?
Rural area beats back water diversion plan
An eight-year controversy ended May 9 when the Colorado Supreme Court ruled against a company seeking to pump vast amounts of groundwater from beneath Colorado’s San Luis Valley. In 1986, American Water Development Inc., filed for the rights to siphon 65 billion gallons of groundwater a year from the sprawling San Luis Valley. Investors in […]
Posted inMay 2, 1994: A struggle for the last grass
Colorado told to stop stealing water
A special water master appointed by the U.S. Supreme Court handed Colorado a stunning defeat in February. He ruled that the state has stolen hundreds of thousands of acre-feet of water from Kansas since 1949. Judge Arthur Littleworth’s decision concludes an eight-year legal battle over the Arkansas River, and will likely force Colorado farmers to […]
Posted inMay 17, 1993: Fore! in Santa Fe
When ski areas fail, taxpayers clean up
Costly reclamation work on several defunct ski areas suggests that the Forest Service is too lax with applicants. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline When ski areas fail, taxpayers clean up.
Posted inFebruary 22, 1993: The continuing saga of New Mexico's Gray Ranch
Colorado is likely to get a so-so wilderness bill
A Colorado wilderness bill abandons the 1964 Wilderness Act and compromises on 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 Colorado is likely to get a so-so wilderness bill.
Posted inJanuary 25, 1993: Can Bruce Babbitt make Interior hum?
Colorado mining industry strikes again
According to the EPA, bonds from the Summitville Consolidated Mining Co. don’t cover hazardous waste cleanup costs. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Colorado mining industry strikes again.
Posted inMay 18, 1992: A small town fights a large mine
A small town fights a large mine
For more than 100 years, the last thing the people of Victor, Colo., would think of doing is to say “no” to gold mining. Now they are saying “whoa.” Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/24.9/download-entire-issue
Posted inSeptember 9, 1991: High noon in Nevada
Grizzlies may be laying low in Colorado
Spurred by a reported sighting of a grizzly sow and three cubs last fall, a group of volunteers from four Western states has begun systematically combing the San Juan Mountains, hoping to prove the bears still survive in Colorado. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/23.16/download-entire-issue
Posted inNovember 21, 1988: The West voted left, right and center
Wild horse killings are stirring Nevada
Close to 500 wild horses have been shot and left to decay in the Nevada desert over the last two years. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/20.22/download-entire-issue
Posted inMay 9, 1988: Two Forks Dam: Push comes to shove
Two Forks will reach far into Nebraska
Two Forks pits the one million wings along the Platte River against a little more than a million acre-feet of water storage. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/20.9/download-entire-issue