High Country News

A brave new world of water

Water development in the West has always been about economic growth and enrichment, and current proposals for water use, whether from the public or private sector, need to be judged on their own merits

by Paul Larmer, Aug 04, 2003
A divine business

In Bozeman, Mont., 78-year-old Vern Bandy says he finds water using the legendary art of dowsing.

by Sam Western, Nov 30, 2010
A good idea – if you can get away with it

Rainwater harvesting is against the law in many Western states, but folks in Utah, Colorado and Washington want to change that.

by Peter Friederici, Oct 08, 2008
A green obsession

Westerners, like most Americans, are deeply in love with their lawns – but in an time of increasing drought, the Kentucky bluegrass is going to have to go

by Paul Larmer, Aug 21, 2006
A River Once More

In Oregon, a revolutionary community alliance is working to put water – and steelhead trout – back into the Deschutes River

by Matt Jenkins, Oct 16, 2006
A water-and-wilderness bill kicks up dust in Nevada

Critics say an economic development initiative could suck desert springs and rural counties dry

by Ryan Slattery, Sep 13, 2004
$Abrahm Lustgarten on fracking$
Abrahm Lustgarten on fracking

An interview with ProPublica energy and environment reporter Abrahm Lustgarten.

by Cally Carswell, Jun 26, 2011
Apprehension

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Officer John Schaefer is one of only two officers patrolling the 860,000 acres of Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, a thoroughfare for illegal immigrants and armed drug smugglers

by Michael Marizco, May 15, 2006
Brad Udall on Australian water reform

Lessons from Australia for the Colorado River Basin

by Cally Carswell, Oct 09, 2011
Californians put their money where their meter is

A new California law requires all homes in the state to use water meters by 2025

by Deanna Belch, Dec 06, 2004