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The wild we take for granted
Delight in the animals and places that are close to home but often ignored by us.
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Time to reform and repair
Paul Larmer reminds us that it will take more than a single environmental hero – like Tim DeChristopher, who cleverly sabotaged a BLM energy-lease auction – to reform the agency.
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Video: Humor in a world gone mad
Moab cartoonist Travis Kelly creates political cartoons in order to stay sane.
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Off the grid, but not off his rocker
Moab cartoonist Travis Kelly lives in a solar school bus, and creates political cartoons to stay sane.
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Trashing the earth, and the truth
Hal Herring relates the ugly story of how the Bush administration used its influence to try to kill a story about the impacts of energy development.
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As Interior Turns
During the last eight years, Bush’s Interior Department has been embroiled in enough corruption, sex and scandal to fuel several soap operas.
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The sick and tired West
The EPA under George Bush has put the health of Westerners at risk in order to make life easier for big industry.
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Nonprofitable times
Many conservation groups are feeling the pinch.
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Results for keyword: Irrigation
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A river runs near it
by Joshua Zaffos Sep 10, 2008 03:36 PMIn Washington’s Yakima Valley and in northern Colorado, water developers want to build kindler, gentler “off-channel” reservoirs.
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Against the current
by John Mecklin Feb 05, 2007 01:00 PMFor a long time, the West used water as if the supply were endless, but nowadays environmentalists are finding that too much efficiency causes problems of its own, especially in fragile ecosystems like the Colorado River Delta.
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The Efficiency Paradox
by Matt Jenkins Feb 05, 2007 01:00 PMWater efficiency has long been touted as a silver bullet for the West’s water problems, but too much efficiency can cause problems of its own, especially in the fragile Colorado River Delta.
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How to save a creek... one drop at a time
by Matt Jenkins Oct 16, 2006 12:00 PMA detailed map shows the work being done on Oregon’s Whychus Creek to restore instream flows with the cooperation of local farmers
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A River Once More
by Matt Jenkins Oct 16, 2006 12:00 PMIn Oregon, a revolutionary community alliance is working to put water – and steelhead trout – back into the Deschutes River
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A green obsession
by Paul Larmer Aug 21, 2006 12:00 PMWesterners, like most Americans, are deeply in love with their lawns – but in an time of increasing drought, the Kentucky bluegrass is going to have to go
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A world built on groundwater
by Matt Jenkins Jul 24, 2006 12:00 PMIn Ogallala Blue: Water and Life on the Great Plains, William Ashworth examines the effects of groundwater dependency in a dry land
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Idaho gets smart about water
by Rocky Barker Jun 13, 2005 12:00 PMIdaho is weathering the drought by taking a new, scientific approach to managing water use among its farmers
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California's farmers ditch dirty diesel pumps
by J.M. McCord Feb 07, 2005 01:00 PMCalifornia’s two largest utility companies are encouraging farmers to switch from polluting diesel irrigation pumps to electric ones
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Klamath farmers face a new threat
by Michael Milstein Feb 07, 2005 01:00 PMKlamath Basin farmers may be hit with a huge increase in electric rates, but some say that even putting farms out of business may not save enough water for endangered fish
