Results for keyword: Dams And Water Supply Projects
-
The best-laid plans
It’s high time Arizona realized it’s a desert, and has to share the Colorado River with six other dry Western states
by Greg Hanscom, Mar 21, 2005 -
Arizona returns to the desert
Rampant growth in the Phoenix area and a severe drought on the Colorado River challenge Arizona's water sustainability.
by Matt Jenkins, Mar 21, 2005 -
Lake Powell: When drought becomes opportunity
The writer explores newly revealed canyons as drought dries up parts of Lake Powell
by John Krist, Jun 28, 2004 -
As dams fall, a chance for redemption
Visits to three Western dams – California’s doomed Matilija Dam, the unfinished Elk Creek Dam in Oregon, and the Southwest’s giant Glen Canyon Dam – lead the author to consider the fact that sooner or later, every dam crumbles
by Daniel McCool, Jun 21, 2004 -
Is Glen Canyon Dam pulling the plug on itself?
The writer recalls the good old days when his father engineered Glen Canyon Dam
by Tom Wolf, Apr 26, 2004 -
River advocates take a seat at the table
Tim Holt profiles a California man who’s had an impact on the relicensing of dams.
by Tim Holt, Nov 10, 2003 -
Glen Canyon Voices
InThe Glen Canyon Reader, editor Matthew Barrett Gross collects 200 years’ worth of musings about "the place no one knew" and the dam that buried it under Lake Powell
by Stephanie Tidwell, Jun 09, 2003 -
Once more unto the breach: Dams could fall in the Northwest
In the Northwest, a legal decision resurrects the idea of breaching four dams on the Snake River to save endangered salmon
by Rocky Barker, May 26, 2003 -
Once more into the breach: Dams could fall in the Northwest
Rocky Barker says dam-breaching is back on the table in the Northwest
by Rocky Barker, May 12, 2003 -
Lake Powell: Going, going, gone?
Lake Powell is drying up in the drought, a reminder from nature that human beings are not in control, after all.
by John Weisheit, Feb 24, 2003
High Country News in your inbox!