High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 4. Phoenix Falling? http://www.hcn.org/issues/344/16939 Craig Childs lifts the rug of modern-day Phoenix, Ariz., to examine the remnants of the civilization that preceded it – the Hohokam people, who also built a great city in the middle of the desert, and flourished until the day they ran out of water. No publisher Craig Childs Hohokam River Project Salt River Communities in transition growth Goodyear Chandler Dams and water supply Arizona Craig Childs Phoenix Ruins Southwestern cities Water pre-Columbian Indians Communities Mesa water supply systems development sprawl canals Salt projects Tempe Neolithic civilization desert civilizations 2010-08-06T22:17:59Z News Article The anatomy of an energy lease http://www.hcn.org/issues/329/16513 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 No publisher Jodi Peterson Public Lands Genesis Oil and Gas Oil and Gas lease auctions Oil and gas leasing energy industry Water watersheds Energy Policy Act of 2005 water supply BLM Duane Spencer drilling Greg Trainor Grand Mesa Bob Behner energy 2011-02-15T21:16:55Z News Article Heard around the West http://www.hcn.org/issues/341/16881 Gail Kimbell and the vanishing Forest Service budget; not saying the Pledge in Mesa, Ariz.; racing old beaters in California; talkative men’s rooms; saying it (the Miranda warning, that is) with flowers. No publisher Betsy Marston Western odd news Arizona Humor David Obey Congress Ari Gail Kimbell war protests town council Bush budget 2008 war selling off public lands Forest Service Pledge of Allegiance firefighting budget cuts forest thinning Iraq Tom Rawles Mesa 2010-08-17T23:28:34Z News Article Heard around the West http://www.hcn.org/issues/336/16741 True-blue Montana libertarian Stan Jones; neighbors helping neighbors steal cars in Arizona; "vanishing culture" vampires; only one flag allowed in Pahrump, Nev.; tampering with food in New Mexico; and the Forest Service is bipolar No publisher Betsy Marston vanishing cultures Western odd news Stan Jones Humor libertarians Jon Tester University Senate race Conrad Burns Wood o Rebecca Solnit Dave Norton Arizona car thieves election 2006 Washington Post underage drivers midterms Mesa Margarita 2010-09-09T20:39:51Z News Article