Water
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News
Riparian repair
River restorationists tackle the Clark Fork River near Milltown, Mont., in a project that demonstrates how hard it is to revive a damaged waterway.
by Cleo Woelfle-Erskine, Aug 27, 2008 -
Essays
Measuring Tahoe’s blues
Jon Christensen accompanies scientists trying to measure the opacity and “blueness” of Lake Tahoe.
by Jon Christensen , Jul 29, 2008 -
Letters
A pitched battle on the Klamath
by Malena Marvin Outreach and Science Director, Jul 21, 2008 -
News
Watch the river flow
In western Colorado, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park wins an important water claim.
by Rob Inglis, Jul 18, 2008 -
News
Taos' return to the acequias
38 years of meetings and a price-tag of $120 million formalize old agreements
by Ernest Atencio, Jul 10, 2008 -
Feature
Peace on the Klamath
For years, Native Americans, fishermen and farmers have battled over the Klamath River in southern Oregon and Northern California, but finally a complicated truce is in the works.
by Matt Jenkins, Jun 23, 2008 -
Book Reviews
Rolling on the rivers
The essays in Page Stegner’s Adios Amigos celebrate the fragile beauty of Western rivers and the lives of the artists and explorers who journeyed down them.
by Janice Gable Bashman, Apr 28, 2008 -
Winning the West
Primer 4: Water
Former HCN publisher concludes that those who live in the West must accept its unpredictability.
by Ed Marston, Apr 16, 2008 -
Editor's Note
The elephant that was left out of the room …
Indian tribes were left out of the negotiations that divvied up the Colorado River in 1922, but it’s no longer possible to ignore them – particularly in the case of the Navajo Nation.
by Jonathan Thompson, Mar 17, 2008 -
Feature
Seeking the Water Jackpot
The Navajo Nation is determined to finally claim its rightful share of the Colorado River after 86 years of being left out of the region’s water politics.
by Matt Jenkins, Mar 16, 2008 -
Uncommon Westerners
I was a closet environmentalist
Roger Muggli might be the busiest man in eastern Montana, what with his family farm, his feed-pellet plant, his dedicated work on water issues and his quiet, steadfast environmentalism.
by Alan S. Kesselheim, Mar 03, 2008 -
Feature
The People of the Sea
California’s Salton Sea is at a crossroads, but whether it dries up and blows away or is restored and rejuvenated, the future does not look bright for its resident renegades, retirees and recluses.
by Terry Greene Sterling, Mar 03, 2008 -
News
Lakeside City
Fiction: A child's road trip to the Salton Sea
by Jonathan Thompson, Feb 28, 2008 -
News
Hold the salt
The largest wetland restoration project on the West Coast tackles the tidal marshes of San Francisco Bay.
by Jennifer Weeks, Feb 04, 2008 -
Writers on the Range
When dams were young and gardenias a nickel apiece
Tom Wolf talks to his 90-year-old mother about the Great Depression and the big dams that were built in the West in the 1930s.
by Tom Wolf, Jan 28, 2008






