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Multimedia
In San Francisco's East Bay, activists try to reconnect impoverished communities with their local waterways.
by Jeff Chen,
Jun 08, 2009
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Feature
In California, grassroots activists work to restore damaged East Bay waterways and the impoverished communities that surround them.
by Jeremy Miller,
Jun 08, 2009
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Writers on the Range
As mandatory water conservation becomes more common in the West, many communities are asking residents to report water-wasters.
by Jonathan Parkinson,
May 21, 2009
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Feature
Obama’s new political order, backed by the legal acumen of Judge James Redden, may help the Northwest’s salmon survive and end the era of the Lower Snake River dams.
by Ken Olsen,
May 04, 2009
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Writers on the Range
Bottled water is a silly idea anyway, but Nestle’s plans to bottle spring water from the high desert of Chaffee County, Colo., are beyond absurd.
by Susan J. Tweit,
Apr 02, 2009
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Writers on the Range
Arguing about water is a beloved Western pastime, but Coloradoans may soon find themselves seriously fighting over what’s left in the Colorado River.
by Paul Larmer,
Mar 06, 2009
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Editor's Note
Arguing about water is a beloved Western pastime, but as the snowpack shrinks, Coloradoans are going to find themselves seriously fighting over what’s left in the Colorado River.
by Paul Larmer,
Mar 02, 2009
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Feature
If Eric Kuhn is right about the Colorado River, then the state faces a dry and difficult future of fighting for water.
by Matt Jenkins ,
Feb 23, 2009
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Editor's Note
Heather Wylie talks about taking on the feds and floating the L.A. River.
by Marty Durlin,
Feb 02, 2009
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Feature
An obscure legal ruling muddied U.S. water-protection standards, leaving Western intermittent streams and rivers unprotected.
by Tony Davis,
Feb 02, 2009
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Feature
Over the years, Westerners have come up with a lot of wacky schemes to get more water.
by Jonathan Thompson ,
Nov 24, 2008
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Feature
Southern California wants to use desalination to increase its water supply, but critics think the idea needs to be taken with a grain of salt.
by Tony Davis ,
Nov 21, 2008
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Editor's Note
Westerners shouldn’t panic about the recent economic meltdown; our region has always cycled from boom to bust and back again.
by Jonathan Thompson ,
Nov 21, 2008
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News
California is enthusiastic about creating “water banks” to help the state’s cities weather future droughts.
by Matt Jenkins ,
Oct 27, 2008
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News
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
