Water
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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 -
Editor's Note
A lonely crusade
A Wyoming farmer's long struggle to find out what's polluting his water gets the attention of the EPA - and inspires reporter Abrahm Lustgarten of ProPublica.
by Ray Ring, Jun 26, 2011 -
Current
Spring-cleaning the acequia: A photo essay
The annual spring cleaning of its irrigation ditch brings tiny El Cerrito, N.M., together to work and celebrate.
by Sierra Crane-Murdoch and Sharon Stewart, Jun 16, 2011 -
Book Reviews
Chronicling a lost river: A review of Dry River
Ken Lamberton explores a Southwestern desert landscape in Dry River: Stores of Life, Death, and Redemption on the Santa Cruz.
by Erica Olsen, Jun 12, 2011 -
Writers on the Range
Anatomy of a disaster
The floods plaguing the U.S. today are largely the result of the dam-building flurry that began about 60 years ago under the Pick-Sloan Plan.
by Paul VanDevelder, May 25, 2011 -
Feature
Doctor's Orders: Undam the Klamath
Both Indians and whites battle diabetes on the Klamath watershed, where dam building ended the salmon runs that once kept the First People alive.
by Diana Hartel, May 24, 2011 -
Current
Where has Montana's water gone?
The Yellowstone River Compact may not protect Montanans who rely on the Tongue River’s water.
by Sierra Crane-Murdoch, May 20, 2011 -
Current
The year in water
A La Niña year brings a good snowpack to some Western states and little or nothing to others.
by Cally Carswell, May 15, 2011 -
Multimedia
The Garrison Dam: a history
Author Paul VanDevelder speaks on the U.S. government's plan to dam the Missouri River and flood native lands.
by Stephanie Paige Ogburn, May 15, 2011 -
Letters
Let's set the record straight
by Katie Lee, May 15, 2011 -
Current
Yellowstone River Basin
by sources : USGS, State of Montana Department of Natural Resources, May 15, 2011 -
Letters
In praise of prose
by Aaron Williams, May 10, 2011 -
Current
Federal budget deal slashes key community water funds
Federal budget cuts dry up the funding for crucial community water projects.
by Judith Lewis Mernit, May 01, 2011 -
Feature
Sedimentation is a building problem in the West's reservoirs
The West's reservoirs are waging a constant battle against rising levels of sediment.
by Matt Weiser, Apr 19, 2011 -
Sidebar
Selected Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs ... and how they've shrunk*
by Matt Weiser, Apr 17, 2011






