High Country News October 12, 2009
Feature
Silenced Springs?
Rare and tiny spring-dwelling creatures are threatened by everything from invasive species to Las Vegas' plan to pump groundwater from a rural part of Nevada.
Editor's Note
Suck this, Vegas!
With climate change threatening water supplies, and the economy slowing growth in the West's thirstiest cities, it's time for a paradigm shift.
Dear Friends
'Leave no trace' art
A profile of HCN reader and artist Levi Jackson
Welcome, new HCN employees
New employees include computer whiz Mike Maxwell and circulation worker Ellen Kraus; Chip Giller of grist.org wins award; Jon Christensen is new director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West.
Two Weeks in the West
Parties 'R' Some Of Us
Despite the economic slump, Western party-throwing companies are doing well, especially when it comes to throwing fancy weddings.
Uncommon Places
Water across the Divide
In 2003, Colorado's Grand Ditch was breached, causing flood damage to the Upper Colorado River and to Rocky Mountain National Park.
Essays
A guide to the past -- and the future
The WPA Guide to 1930s Montana has become the author's favorite guidebook.
Letters
That shrinking feeling
"A blip on the radar screen"
Merit, more broadly defined
Crowded attic in New York too
Finding the middle ground
Current
Biotech beet-down
That candy bar you're eating may have been made with genetically modified beets that were illegally approved.
Focus
Audubon feathers fly in Arizona
A controversial proposed land swap reveals the growing rift between Maricopa Audubon and a new and wealthier rival -- Audubon Arizona.
Sidebar
Vegas forges ahead on pipeline plan
The Southern Nevada Water Authority is slowly removing obstacles in the way of its plan to pump water from the Great Basin and ship it to Las Vegas.
