High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 5. Megadrought, the new normal http://www.hcn.org/wotr/megadrought-the-new-normal Even the weeds are dying in this megadrought, and long time farmers are losing their crops in New Mexico. No publisher Ari LeVaux Harold Trujillo climate change American Southwest collapse of civilizations William deBuys Chaco Canyon A Great Aridness drought megadrought acequia Mesa Verde 2012-07-24T17:03:15Z News Article Out of the Four Corners http://www.hcn.org/issues/307/15806 Susan Ryan, a young archaeologist, has some unusual ideas about why the Anasazi left their homes in the Southwest, 700 years ago No publisher Craig Childs Native Americans Indian Culture Ruins Archaeology Anasazi Susan Ryan Ancestral Pueblos prehistoric American Indians pre-Columbian civilizations Four Corners pueblos ruins excavation Crow Canyon Archaeological Center Cortez Colorado Mesa Verde Hovenweep Chaco Canyon Southwester 2010-02-05T09:26:26Z News Article Revamped road to Chaco may be the park's ruin http://www.hcn.org/issues/299/15543 Archaeologists are worried that a plan to upgrade the 16-mile gravel road to Chaco Canyon in New Mexico could lead to more tourism and possibly harm the park’s fragile ruins No publisher Laura Parkus Tourism And Recreation Chaco Canyon archaeology Anasazi prehistoric ruins Chaco culture Russ Bodnar Tom Udall New Mexico Department of Tourism San Juan County New Mexico James Henderson Lynne Sebastian historic preservation tourism roads highway improvements Nat 2010-02-05T09:24:56Z News Article Following the Ancient Roads http://www.hcn.org/issues/277/14815 On a 10-day walk through the northwestern New Mexico desert, the author follows an ancient road that leads him from silent Indian ruins into noisy, modern gas fields No publisher Craig Childs Energy Oil And Gas Ruins Chaco Canyon Chaco culture Ancient Puebloan culture Anasazi ancient Indian roads ruins archaeology oil and gas industry gas wells drilling Native Americans gas production petroglyphs 2010-02-05T09:57:47Z News Article Written in the Rings http://www.hcn.org/issues/290/15219 The study of tree rings opens a window into the West’s distant past, and warns us that the region’s future may be dangerously hot and dry No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Lowell climate dendrochronology Science radiocarbon dating Climate Change paleoclimates Ma Rex Adams Forests bristlecone pine Hot Times global warming Andrew Ellicott Douglass Chaco Canyon Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research Percival crossdating tree rings drought change Hal Fritts 2010-09-30T15:48:58Z News Article