Results for keyword: Lawsuits And Water Rights
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A rare vote on water
For only the second time in 62 years, Colorado voters had the chance to elect board members to the upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District.
by Ed Marston, Sep 27, 1999 -
Troubled Oasis
In Nevada, Walker Lake is slowly disappearing, as local farmers, an Indian tribe and conservationists battle over the rights to the water that once filled the lake.
by Michelle Nijhuis, Sep 13, 1999 -
The river comes last
The Montana Legislature ratifies a water compact with the Crow Indian Tribe that favors consumptive users of the water at the expense of the Bighorn River itself, and of the world-class trout fishery in Bighorn Lake.
by George Ochenski, Aug 01, 1999 -
From river to river
Despite the Endangered Species Act, the uses of water continue to drain life from native fish; on the Platte River, a new era brings many users to the table to negotiate and compromise.
by Staff, Feb 01, 1999 -
Saving the Platte
Environmentalists, farmers and state and federal agencies try to find some kind of consensus even as each reaches for a share of the overused Platte River as it flows from Colorado, through Wyoming and across Nebraska.
by Ray Ring, Feb 01, 1999 -
A tangled web of watersheds
The upper Rio Grande's 15 major tributaries all face distinct problems with a complex history behind them.
by Michelle Nijhuis, Oct 12, 1998 -
As mayordomo
Stanley Crawford says that being mayordomo is like being the heart, pumping out precious fluid.
by Stanley Crawford, Oct 12, 1998 -
Next to blood relationships
An excerpt from Stanley Crawford's book "Mayordomo" traces the connections of blood relationships and water relationships in his New Mexico community.
by Stanley Crawford, Oct 12, 1998 -
I am mayordomo
Stanley Crawford's book "Mayordomo" chronicles his experience as mayordomo of the Acequia de la Jara in his rural New Mexico community.
by Stanley Crawford, Oct 12, 1998 -
A river becomes a raw nerve
The grassroots environmental group Amigos Bravos seeks consensus in the mostly Hispanic communities along the Rio Costilla in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico, where there is never enough water to go around.
by Michelle Nijhuis, Oct 12, 1998
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