Results for keyword: Water
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Underworld
In a dark, narrow storm drain below the border town of Douglas, Ariz., eight illegal immigrants drowned in the summer of 1997
by Craig Childs, Sep 04, 2006 -
The anatomy of an energy lease
The BLM’s decision to lease land for energy exploration in the watersheds of Grand Junction and Palisade, Colo., reveals the way oil and gas leasing works
by Jodi Peterson, Sep 04, 2006 -
Xeric Families of the West
Photo descriptions of Xeriscapers in the West
by Michelle Nijhuis, Aug 21, 2006 -
What is Xeriscaping?
The seven basic principles of Xeriscaping are explained
by Michelle Nijhuis, Aug 21, 2006 -
Have golf's glory days gone by?
Golf – the game that brought grass to the desert – appears to have hit a rough patch in the West
by Tony Davis, Aug 21, 2006 -
A green obsession
Westerners, 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
by Paul Larmer, Aug 21, 2006 -
The Lure of the Lawn
It’s not easy to wean Westerners away from their lush, traditional, turfgrass lawns, but with drought an increasing fact of life, Xeriscape gardening is finally catching on
by Michelle Nijhuis, Aug 21, 2006 -
Adapt or collapse
In his book Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Jared Diamond warns about societies that overreach themselves – a warning that southern Arizona, in the midst of its tremendous real estate boom, ought to heed
by Paul Larmer, Jun 12, 2006 -
The Perpetual Growth Machine
Phoenix, Ariz., is determined to disprove the idea that the West will someday run out of water and that every boom has to come to an end
by Matt Jenkins, Jun 12, 2006 -
City makes desperate bid for watershed
Grand Junction and Palisade, Colo., try unsuccessfully to bid on oil and gas leases to protect their water supply from contamination by drilling
by Sarah Gilman, Apr 17, 2006
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