High Country News

Against the current

For a long time, the West used water as if the supply were endless, but nowadays environmentalists are finding that too much efficiency causes problems of its own, especially in fragile ecosystems like the Colorado River Delta.

by John Mecklin, Feb 05, 2007
Audio: Water wonk

Contributing editor Matt Jenkins talks about California's Westlands Water District and the complicated water politics of the West.

by Marty Durlin, Jan 13, 2010
Coming to a farm near you: Los Angeles

In this issue of High Country News, Matt Jenkins dives into the murky world of L.A.’s water system

by Jonathan Thompson, Nov 12, 2007
Dear friends

HCN Holiday Open House; People’s Choice Awards for HCN stories; thanks to Mark Lellouch and Alison Davis; visitors

by Greg Hanscom and Jodi Peterson, Nov 28, 2005
Dear friends

HCN seeks new editor as Greg Hanscom announces plans to leave; HCN goes to diversity school

by Greg Hanscom, Jun 12, 2006
Diving deeper into the Bay Delta

High Country News reporter Matt Jenkins gets his boots muddy writing about California's crazy water politics in the Bay Delta.

by Ray Ring, Dec 19, 2010
Economies of vice

If marijuana becomes fully legal and taxable, it won't be the first time authorities have learned that it's easier - and more profitable - to manage vice than to try to eliminate it.

by Sarah Gilman, Aug 07, 2011
Grant received, grant given

High Country News Contributing Editor Matt Jenkins gets grant; Betsy Marston helps obtain grant for Delta County schools; Ana Maria Spagna's new book about community; clarifications.

by Jodi Peterson, Mar 06, 2011
Seeing the light in 2008

Matt Jenkins wants to help save the world – and its ski slopes – one compact fluorescent light at a time.

by Matt Jenkins, Dec 31, 2007
The best-laid plans

It’s high time Arizona realized it’s a desert, and has to share the Colorado River with six other dry Western states

by Greg Hanscom, Mar 21, 2005