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Results for keyword: Riparian Areas and Wetlands

  • Against the current

    For 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.

    by John Mecklin, Feb 05, 2007

  • The Efficiency Paradox

    Water 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.

    by Matt Jenkins, Feb 05, 2007

  • Exploring High Mountain Lakes in the Rockies

    Exploring High Mountain Lakes in the Rockies by biologist Fred W. Rabe takes a detailed look at mountain lakes, describing their formation, geology and aquatic plants and animals

    by Staff, Mar 06, 2006

  • Trouble in the Delta

    The San Francisco Bay-Delta Authority votes to disband, even as the Bay-Delta itself -- beset by high water exports, disappearing fish and declining water quality – may be dying

    by Matt Jenkins, Feb 06, 2006

  • Delta beast rears its head

    The Interior Department is considering restarting the Yuma Desalting Plant, and environmentalists fear the plant’s salty runoff could destroy Mexico’s Cienega de Santa Clara – the Sonoran Desert’s largest wetland

    by Mitch Tobin, Sep 15, 2003

  • Salty solution for Bay wildlife

    California's San Francisco Bay may become the site of the country's second-largest coastal wetland restoration project, if all goes according to plan.

    by Laura Paskus, Jul 08, 2002
 

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