Water Archives - High Country News https://www.hcn.org/topic/water/ A nonprofit independent magazine of unblinking journalism that shines a light on all of the complexities of the West. Wed, 13 Mar 2024 20:58:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Water Archives - High Country News https://www.hcn.org/topic/water/ 32 32 229054741 A new law seeks to tame mineral extraction at the Great Salt Lake https://www.hcn.org/articles/a-new-law-seeks-to-tame-mineral-extraction-at-the-great-salt-lake/ Mon, 04 Mar 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=323181

The new limits may represent a shift in Utah’s cozy relationship with industry.

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]]> 323181 The dangers of PFAS — and of downplaying their ubiquity https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-3/the-dangers-of-pfas-and-of-downplaying-their-ubiquity/ Fri, 01 Mar 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=322782 Sarah Ferris holds a flyer she received last year from the city of Vancouver informing residents that PFAS had been found in the city’s wells.

Even well-meaning officials often provide inadequate or misleading information, putting communities at higher risk.

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]]> 322782 The good, the bad and the ugly of the state legislative season https://www.hcn.org/articles/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-the-state-legislative-season/ Thu, 29 Feb 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=323036

While Congress does nothing, Western state lawmakers pass a flurry of consequential and/or crazy — bills.

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]]> 323036 Wild ice: A training ground for rural skaters https://www.hcn.org/articles/a-training-grounds-for-rural-ice-skaters/ Thu, 08 Feb 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/?p=322299

On the Western Slope of Colorado, frozen reservoirs and rivers offer interesting terrain for skating.

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]]> 322299 Gov. Newsom releases new plan to save California salmon https://www.hcn.org/articles/fish-gov-newsom-releases-new-plan-to-save-california-salmon/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/articles/fish-gov-newsom-releases-new-plan-to-save-california-salmon/ Central Valley Chinook salmon are released at Nimbus Hatchery in Gold River, California.

A wave of dam removals is planned, but salmon strategy relies on voluntary water cuts.

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]]> 321788 The Northwestern Shoshone are restoring the Bear River Massacre site https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-2/social-justice-the-northwestern-shoshone-are-restoring-the-bear-river-massacre-site/ Mon, 29 Jan 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/articles/social-justice-the-northwestern-shoshone-are-restoring-the-bear-river-massacre-site/

The tribe is reclaiming their gathering place and returning water to the Great Salt Lake.

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]]> 321839 New Mexico pushes back on Big Oil https://www.hcn.org/articles/energy-industry-new-mexico-pushes-back-on-big-oil/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/articles/energy-industry-new-mexico-pushes-back-on-big-oil/ This massive flare and the black smoke coming from the flare stack in New Mexico’s Permian Basin is a sign, according to Wild Earth Guardians, that the flare is not working appropriately and polluting above permitted emission limits.

New bills in the legislature could curb industry excesses.

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]]> 321785 In Northern California, Asian residents say they are being targeted by traffic stops https://www.hcn.org/articles/law-enforcement-in-northern-california-asian-residents-say-they-are-being-targeted-by-traffic-stops/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/articles/law-enforcement-in-northern-california-asian-residents-say-they-are-being-targeted-by-traffic-stops/

The Siskiyou County sheriff’s department has been accused of racial profiling in the past.

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]]> 321798 Nyob Rau Qaum Teb California, Cov pej xeem Esxias hais tias tub ceev xwm tsom lawv tib co neeg dub hau nres nram kev xwb https://www.hcn.org/articles/nyob-rau-qaum-teb-california-cov-pej-xeem-esxias-hais-tias-tub-ceev-xwm-tsom-lawv-tib-co-neeg-dub-hau-nres-nram-kev-xwb/ Wed, 17 Jan 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/articles/nyob-rau-qaum-teb-california-cov-pej-xeem-esxias-hais-tias-tub-ceev-xwm-tsom-lawv-tib-co-neeg-dub-hau-nres-nram-kev-xwb/

Siskiyou County Lub Hoob Kas Tub Ceev Xwm raug liam los lawm hais tias lawv tsom lwm haiv neeg xwb.

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]]> 321803 2023 in Native environmental news https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-2023-in-native-environmental-news/ Wed, 27 Dec 2023 09:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-2023-in-native-environmental-news/ A view of Marble Canyon and the Vermillion Cliffs from above the Kaibab Plateau shows the northeastern parcel of the newly designated Avi Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon.

The beat’s biggest news that you might have missed.

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