Water
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Current
Communities help pay for ecosystem services provided by forests
Watershed partnerships between communities and the federal government help make ratepayers more responsible for the health of their water supply.
by Neil LaRubbio, Feb 21, 2012 -
Writers on the Range
Pity the Sacketts? Not much
An Idaho couple are getting a lot of sympathy because the EPA has halted construction of their planned home on a wetland, but if the agency would be more open with the facts, it would come out looking better.
by Judith Lewis Mernit, Jan 26, 2012 -
Letters
No more stopgap solutions
by Fiona Sinclair, Jan 22, 2012 -
Current
Water-quality standards unfairly burden rural communities
The plight of a small water and sewer association in rural Mora, N.M -- caught in a tangle of federal and state clean water rules it can’t afford to meet -- echoes experienced by other rural communities around the West.
by Judith Lewis Mernit, Dec 20, 2011 -
Letters
Western Watersheds' collateral damage
by Hugh Feiss, Nov 27, 2011 -
Essays
Wrestling with a destiny of dryness
A Utah writer struggles with his family’s predilection to always end up living in very arid places.
by John Bennion, Nov 10, 2011 -
News
Lessons for the Colorado River from drought-stricken Australia
Brad Udall on Australian water reform and why it matters to the West.
by Cally Carswell, Oct 09, 2011 -
Multimedia
Brad Udall on Australian water reform
Lessons from Australia for the Colorado River Basin
by Cally Carswell, Oct 09, 2011 -
Writers on the Range
When it comes to importing water, nothing seems too extreme
A new proposal to send Mississippi River water out West is both insane and entirely possible, given the outrageous water schemes of the past.
by Craig Rowe, Sep 29, 2011 -
Feature
Rebuilding a river as Washington's Elwha dams come down
How much can we learn from restoring the Elwha River, after the two dams that block it are finally removed?
by Kim Todd, Sep 19, 2011 -
Current
Re-watering Nevada's dying Walker Lake
Walker Lake in northwestern Nevada has been dying for years, but locals and government officials are determined to restore it.
by Gordon Gregory, Aug 09, 2011 -
Current
Montana's stream access law stays strong
The Montana Legislature abandons an attempt to tighten the state's permissive stream-access laws.
by Matthew Frank, Aug 02, 2011 -
Letters
No diving allowed
by Phelps Freeborn, Aug 02, 2011 -
Current
Stream access laws on private lands in the West
by Property and Environment Research Center. Spring 2009 data. Updated by Nathan Rice, Sierra Crane-Murdoch and Emilene Ostlind., Jul 24, 2011 -
Writers on the Range
The gift of runoff in a wet season
After too many recent dry years, residents of the Rocky Mountains are relishing the music of running water.
by Allen Best, Jul 20, 2011






