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  • Watch the river flow

    Farmers and conservationists have reached a settlement that allows water to flow in California’s San Joaquin River, home to the Friant Dam

    by Allison Gerfin, Jul 24, 2006

  • HCN looks to the future

    In a special summer reading issue, HCN dishes up a science fiction story that imagines life in the Southwest in 2030 or so, when "Big Daddy Drought" is in full stride, and California claims all water

    by Greg Hanscom, Jun 26, 2006

  • The Tamarisk Hunter

    In the desert Southwest of 2030 Big Daddy Drought runs the show, California claims all the water, and a water tick named Lolo ekes out a rugged living removing tamarisk.

    by Paolo Bacigalupi, Jun 26, 2006

  • Dam removal considered for Klamath

    Farmers, environmentalists, fishermen and tribes are talking with PacifiCorp officials about the possible removal of four dams on the Klamath River

    by Brett Wilkison, Apr 17, 2006

  • Columbia River dams revived

    In Washington, tribes have been shut out of a plan for new Columbia River dams that are being touted as good for salmon as well as farmers

    by Matt Jenkins, Apr 03, 2006

  • Pipeline and dam dreams

    The Utah Legislature has approved money for "preconstruction" work on a new dam for the Wasatch Front and a new pipeline for the booming city of St. George

    by Matt Jenkins, Apr 03, 2006

  • One dam down; four in limbo

    Oregon’s Chiloquin dam to come down

    by Staff, Oct 16, 2006

  • The return of the Colorado River — almost

    The writer finds a newly emerged rapid on the Colorado River and a new reality at Lake Powell, revealed by drought

    by John Weisheit, Jul 26, 2004

  • Lake Powell gets an A for boating and a D for water storage

    The writer visits half-full Lake Powell and finds a message for the West

    by Allen Best, Jul 31, 2006

  • The terrifying saga of the West’s last big dam

    The writer visits the increasingly costly Animas La-Plata Dam Project in southwestern Colorado

    by Joshua Zaffos, Jun 07, 2004
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