Water
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Book Reviews
Fixing Fish Creek
The Forest Service wants to restore Oregon's Fish Creek, damaged by logging, roadbuilding and landslides.
by Staff, Sep 01, 1997 -
News
Tribe hopes to dam its way to jobs
Two dams proposed for Utah's Uinta Mountains, which would provide water and work for the Uintah Basin's Native Americans, face environmental opposition.
by Brent Israelsen, Sep 01, 1997 -
News
Accident shakes Flaming Gorge Dam
A broken pipe in Utah's Flaming Gorge Dam creates a crisis and harms a trout fishery downstream.
by Greg Hanscom, Aug 18, 1997 -
News
Whitewater comes roaring back
PacifiCorp releases water from Grace Dam for two days, and whitewater rapids roar down the Bear River through Grace, Idaho.
by Marjanna Hulet, Aug 04, 1997 -
News
Owens Valley finally loses patience
Rural elected officials order Los Angeles to stop diverting 43 million gallons water a day from California's Owens Lake.
by Betsy Marston, Aug 04, 1997 -
News
A-LP looms liter
Animas-La Plata backers unveil a leaner new version of the proposed dam - A-LP "Lite" - but opponents still have plenty of criticism.
by Becky Rumsey, Aug 04, 1997 -
News
Lakes vanish - and then return
A 10-mile stretch of lakes, creeks and a waterfall in Lincoln County, Wash. - dry for a decade - come back to life this spring as the drought ends.
by Emily Miller, Jul 07, 1997 -
Essays
Boise pushes on its river, and the river shoves back
Boise, Idaho, realizes that its beloved river needs room to flow, and that riverfront development may have to be controlled.
by Guy Hand, Jun 23, 1997 -
News
Las Vegas may shoot craps with its water
A small but determined group protests Las Vegas' plan to take more water from Lake Mead and the Colorado River, saying the city's growth is already out of control and a potential public-health disaster looms if the water is contamined.
by Jon Christensen, Jun 23, 1997 -
Book Reviews
Threatened Rivers
Five of the 10 most endangered rivers are in the West, according to American Rivers' annual report.
by Staff, Jun 09, 1997 -
Book Reviews
Who'll run Hanford Reach?
Washington Sen. Patty Murray wants to keep the free-flowing, undammed Hanford Reach - the last stretch of the Columbia - free-flowing under federal management.
by Staff, Jun 09, 1997 -
News
Judge settles Telluride wetlands dispute
The EPA orders the Telluride Ski and Golf Co. to restore 17 acres of wetlands it filled to build a golf course.
by Eric Whitney, May 26, 1997 -
News
Nevada ranchers win water rights
Nevada's attorney general takes away the BLM's right to hold stock-water rights and says such rights belong solely to ranchers.
by Sarah Dry, Apr 28, 1997 -
News
Trade treaty may protect Arizona river
A citizens' petition accuses the U.S. Army of allowing one of its bases dry up Arizona's last free-flowing river, the San Pedro.
by Sarah Dry, Mar 17, 1997 -
News
Who wins when a river returns?
A project to restore a riparian ecosystem would return water to California's Lower Owens River.
by Jeff Putman, Feb 17, 1997






