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The little farming town of Mancos, Colo., is finding ways to remove salt from its water and make irrigation more efficient during drought.
by Tom Wolf,
Jul 24, 2009
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In Dead Pool: Lake Powell, Global Warming, and the Future of Water in the West, James Lawrence Powell examines the impact of climate change on the West’s future.
by Kyle Boelte,
May 26, 2009
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Arguing about water is a beloved Western pastime, but Coloradoans may soon find themselves seriously fighting over what’s left in the Colorado River.
by Paul Larmer,
Mar 06, 2009
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Arguing about water is a beloved Western pastime, but as the snowpack shrinks, Coloradoans are going to find themselves seriously fighting over what’s left in the Colorado River.
by Paul Larmer,
Mar 02, 2009
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Jim Stiles remembers Utah’s historic Dewey Bridge,
which was destroyed by a fire recently.
by Jim Stiles,
Jul 16, 2008
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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
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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
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The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
– the West’s most powerful water agency – uses a
shrewd blend of Wall Street tactics and rural diplomacy to keep the
water flowing to L.A. and its environs.
by Matt Jenkins,
Jul 16, 2008
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Global warming spurs calls for new dams in the West
– but where will the water come from to fill them?
by Matt Jenkins,
Apr 30, 2007
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Quagga mussels – an extraordinarily prolific and
costly invasive species – have appeared in Lake Mead, and no
one is sure how to keep these unwanted newcomers from infesting the
West.
by Michelle Nijhuis,
Jul 16, 2008
