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Rocky Barker says dam-breaching is back on the table in
the Northwest
by Rocky Barker,
May 12, 2003
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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
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The history and impacts of dam removal are considered in
Watershed: The Undamming of America by Elizabeth Grossman and Dam
Removal: Science and Decision Making by the H. John Heinz III
Center for Science, Economics and the Environment
by Pete Lavigne,
Feb 03, 2003
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Plans to take down Condit Dam on the White Salmon River in
Washington are stalled over the problem of what to do about the
sediment that has backed up behind the dam.
by Andrew Engelson,
Dec 09, 2002
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Two studies have come out, taking different sides on the
question of breaching three dams on Hells Canyon on the Snake
River, one by Idaho Power Company and the other by the RAND think
tank.
by Lolly Merrell,
Oct 28, 2002
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California anvironmentalists are pleased that the Bureau
of Reclamation has given up on completing the planned Auburn Dam
for the Middle Fork of the American River.
by John Krist,
Sep 30, 2002
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CALFED, a huge Clinton-era project designed to restore the
California Delta, now seems to be stalled and unraveling under an
indifferent Bush administration.
by Susan Zakin,
Sep 30, 2002
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"The Big Straw:", a massive, extravagant scheme to bring
water from Colorado's Western Slope to its crowded Front Range, is
being seriously reconsidered in a state faced with drought and a
growing population.
by Allen Best,
Jul 16, 2008
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Activists continue to fight against dams on the Bear
River, one of three sources that feed Utah's Great Salt Lake, in
their push for stricter water conservation along the Wasatch
Front.
by Matt Jenkins,
Apr 29, 2002
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The brine-shrimp industry of Great Salt Lake has helped
put that misunderstood ecosystem under a microscope; can the lake
be saved from its history of abuse and a rapidly increasing
population around it?
by Tim Westby,
Jul 16, 2008
