Results for keyword: dams
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Primer 4: Water
Former HCN publisher concludes that those who live in the West must accept its unpredictability.
by Ed Marston, Apr 16, 2008 -
A watershed proposal
Colorado's only wild and scenic river may be harnessed for a water storage project.
by James Yearling, Oct 19, 2007 -
Pipe dreams
Leaky irrigation ditches in Washington’s Methow Valley have made the desert bloom, at the expense of endangered salmon.
by Eve Rickert, Aug 06, 2007 -
Into thin air?
Global warming spurs calls for new dams in the West – but where will the water come from to fill them?
by Matt Jenkins, Apr 30, 2007 -
The Klamath dams by the numbers
A new report shows salmon-killing dams would cost less to remove than to keep.
by Erin Halcomb, Apr 03, 2007 -
The Gila's Monster
Along the upper Gila in New Mexico, conservationists and the state squabble over managing the river's water.
by Erin Halcomb, Mar 28, 2007 -
Elwha River dams move closer to destruction
Two massive dams on Washington's Elwha River will be demolished to restore salmon runs.
by Michelle Blank, Mar 14, 2007 -
History of a decline
An illustrated timeline charts the appearance of dams on the lower Snake River and the resulting decline of salmon, along with the so-far-inadequate response of the federal government.
by Ken Olsen, Jan 22, 2007 -
Salmon Justice
Judge Jim Redden has given the Bush administration an ultimatum: Submit a viable plan for salmon restoration, or face the possible removal of four dams on the lower Snake River.
by Ken Olsen, Jan 22, 2007 -
An encyclopedia of rivers
The huge, copiously illustrated Rivers of North America is the first comprehensive effort to detail the current state of the continent’s rivers
by Irene Wanner, Nov 27, 2006






