http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.14/tunneling-under-californias-bay-delta-water-wars Environmentalists and fishermen have panned past versions of Gov. Jerry Brown's new proposal for water export tunnels, but it might actually help endangered fish. No publisher Emily Green Irrigation California agriculture Jerry Brown San Joaquin River Salmon California water exports Delta smelt Sacramento River Water supply Endangered fish Peripheral canal Bay Delta Conservation Plan tunnels Steelhead San Francisco Bay Delta 2012-08-20T19:17:45Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.13/the-bakken-oil-play-spurs-a-booming-business-in-water Hydraulic fracturing's extraordinary appetite for water is creating friction between North Dakota's farmers and drillers. No publisher Nicholas Kusnetz Western water supply Irrigation Missouri River Bakken Shale boom Watford City, North Dakota Hydraulic fracturing Water trucks Groundwater Fracking water Energy industry Drought Aquifers Oil and gas boomtowns 2012-08-06T14:46:45Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.17/a-river-runs-near-it In Washington’s Yakima Valley and in northern Colorado, water developers want to build kindler, gentler “off-channel” reservoirs. No publisher Joshua Zaffos Irrigation Glade Reservoir Black Rock Reservoir Salmon Off-channel reservoirs Dams and water supply projects 2010-02-05T09:58:34Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/13797 In the Nebraska Sandhills, farmland that should never have been plowed is vanishing into dust, and once-vibrant communities are drying up, too, leaving ghosts behind. No publisher Lyn Messersmith Irrigation 2010-02-05T09:47:56Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/328/16471 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 No publisher Paul Larmer Agriculture Water Irrigation Communities in Transition Paul Larmer Bob Cook lawn mowers lawns Kentucky bluegrass hay irrigation water drought family life backyards rural life Michigan farms global warming desert land use landscaping Xeriscape native plants gardening 2010-02-05T09:34:40Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/291/15262 California’s two largest utility companies are encouraging farmers to switch from polluting diesel irrigation pumps to electric ones No publisher J.M. McCord Agriculture Irrigation Energy Utilities Air Pollution Pacific Gas and Electric Southern California Edison California Public Utilities Commission air pollution irrigation pumps diesel Clean Air Act 2010-02-05T09:23:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/291/15261 Klamath Basin farmers may be hit with a huge increase in electric rates, but some say that even putting farms out of business may not save enough water for endangered fish No publisher Michael Milstein Energy Utilities Irrigation Klamath Basin farmers irrigation PacifiCorp endangered salmon water rights Oregon Natural Resources Council water conservation 2010-02-05T09:23:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/282/14999 Only the federal government can find away to protect both salmon and farmers in the Northwest’s Klamath River watershed No publisher Tim Holt Agriculture Salmon Irrigation Rivers Klamath River fish kills endangered salmon chinook salmon irrigation farmers agriculture water rights Trinity River Hoopa Indians San Joaquin Valley Yurok Indians Bush administration 2010-02-05T09:21:07Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/262/14367 The National Research Council issues a report saying that irrigation shutoffs alone won’t save endangered salmon in the Klamath River Basin of Oregon and California No publisher Michael Milstein Irrigation Klamath River Basin National Research Council irrigation agriculture salmon steelhead fish kills water use 2010-02-05T09:55:15Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/248/13876 The federal government has decided to buy out California’s Westlands Water District No publisher Sierra Standish Irrigation 2010-02-05T10:11:36Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/231/13346 In southern Oregon's Klamath Basin, some local farmers are upset with the Klamath Water Users Association for helping to kill a Farm Bill amendment that would have made it easier for them to sell their land to the federal government. No publisher Laura Paskus Irrigation 2010-02-05T08:54:17Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/208/10668 A day spent helping to "bring in the water" on an irrigation ditch leads the writer to muse about the green landscapes in the dry West. No publisher Paul Larmer Irrigation 2010-02-05T08:36:02Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/208/10657 Klamath Basin farmers see a precedent in irrigators in the Tulare Lake Basin, Calif., who sued the federal government, claiming it unfairly took $25 million worth of water when it shut down pumps to protect endangered fish. No publisher Rebecca Clarren Irrigation 2010-02-05T08:35:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/203/10534 A plan to line with concrete the border's All-American Canal would save water for California, but endanger the livelihood of 30,000 people in Mexico's Mexicali Valley, who use the "wasted" water in agriculture. No publisher Haley Nolde Irrigation 2010-02-05T08:35:05Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/197/10283 In Washington's Methow Valley, irrigators are up in arms over the National Marine Fisheries Service claim that leaky ditches take too much water and kill endangered salmon. No publisher Ken OIsen Irrigation 2010-02-05T08:33:53Z News Article