High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 10. Will Los Angeles bring its cougars back from the brink? http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.4/will-los-angeles-bring-its-cougars-back-from-the-brink With just a handful of mountain lions left in the Santa Monica Mountains, Californians must decide whether they care enough about wildness to fund key habitat connections. No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit Santa Monica Mountains Pumas Mountain lions Cougars National Park Service Habitat connectivity Los Angeles Urban wildlife 2013-03-20T15:59:05Z News Article An L.A. story, in incidents and rhythms: A review of The Book of Want http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.12/an-l.a.-story-in-incidents-and-rhythms-a-review-of-the-book-of-want Daniel Olivas' novel uses magical realism to describe the lives of a Mexican-American family in Los Angeles. No publisher Kathleen Yale The Book of Want Daniel Olivas novels Mexican-American culture magical realism fiction Los Angeles 2011-07-21T22:01:31Z News Article Coming to a farm near you: Los Angeles http://www.hcn.org/issues/358/17329 In this issue of High Country News, Matt Jenkins dives into the murky world of L.A.’s water system No publisher Jonathan Thompson Los Angeles Western water politics Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Matt Jenkins 2010-02-05T08:38:15Z News Article A massive restoration program may have nothing left to save http://www.hcn.org/issues/299/15540 Fish populations are plunging in the California Delta even as the CalFed Bay-Delta Authority considers exporting yet more water No publisher Matt Weiser Water Riparian Areas And Wetlands Endangered California Delta fish fish die-offs fisheries health Delta smolt striped bass threatened fish Peter Moyle ecosystems wetlands riparian areas Sacramento River San Joaquin River CalFed water use Los Angeles irrigation phytoplankton pestici 2010-02-05T09:24:54Z News Article You, too, can be in the know about California's H2O http://www.hcn.org/issues/292/15308 David Carle’s Introduction to California Water is an ambitious field guide to the incredibly complicated world of California water No publisher Matt Jenkins California water Los Angeles irrigation water banking agriculture water use toilet replacement 2010-02-05T09:23:33Z News Article Turning water inside-out http://www.hcn.org/issues/281/14954 Many Western cities like Sierra Vista, Ariz., were built beside once-beautiful rivers which were overused and then neglected, while the cities looked elsewhere for new water sources to exploit No publisher Matt Jenkins Rivers Western rivers San Pedro River Sierra Vista Arizona Fort Huachuca water conservation saving water water reform growth sprawl development wildcat developments Los Angeles Denver Albuquerque Colorado River Rio Grande Salt River Verde River 2010-02-05T09:20:54Z News Article Postscript to a water war http://www.hcn.org/issues/269/14589 Nearly a decade after Imperial Valley irrigators fought off a water grab by Texans Ed and Lee Bass, the Imperial Valley Irrigation District buys the old Bass property, Western Farms, and the water rights that come with it No publisher Matt Jenkins Agriculture Lawsuits And Water Rights Imperial Valley San Diego Los Angeles California Imperial Valley Irrigation District Metropolitan Water District Ed and Lee Bass Chinatown movie Owens Valley water grab water rights Western Farms Colorado River water USFilter Veolia Environn 2010-02-05T09:56:22Z News Article Owens River will finally get its water back http://www.hcn.org/issues/268/14559 The Lower Owens River in Inyo County, Calif., may finally get its water back from Los Angeles, thanks to a last-minute lawsuit by the state’s attorney general No publisher Alex C. Pasquariello Rivers Inyo County California Los Angeles Lower Owens River Bill Lockyer Owens Valley Committee Sierra Club L.A. Department of Water and Power water rivers 2010-02-05T09:56:14Z News Article In the suburbs of Los Angeles, your futureawaits http://www.hcn.org/issues/303/15699 The neighborhoods of suburban L.A. can serve as a useful model for the West’s urban planners No publisher D.J. Waldie Land Use And Planning L.A. Los Angeles L.A. suburbs suburbia urban planning population density zoning cities population growth neighborhoods freeways light rail smog housing lifestyles 2012-04-17T20:28:59Z News Article A whole lot of shaking http://www.hcn.org/issues/334/16686 In his book A Crack in the Edge of the World, Simon Winchester takes a comprehensive look at the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and warns of the geological perils still facing the region No publisher Kirk Zebolsky California history science writing San Geology Science geology California gold rush San Andreas fault Francisco earthquake Simon Winchester plate tectonics A Crack in the Edge of the World Los Angeles 2010-09-14T22:18:29Z News Article