High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. Another water-short year in the Southwest is taking its toll http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.8/another-water-short-year-in-the-southwest-is-taking-its-toll Generous spring snow storms were a momentary, if welcome, distraction from the region's real weather story: drought. No publisher Cally Carswell Elephant Butte Reservoir drought snowpack Colorado River Rio Grande 2013-05-13T15:46:55Z News Article (Manmade) snow is for fighting over http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.4/climate-change-turns-an-already-troubled-ski-industry-on-its-head/manmade-snow-is-for-fighting-over In an increasingly arid West, snow-making becomes a more important component of a ski area’s operating plan. But they need water to make snow, and getting it isn’t always easy. No publisher J.R. Logan snow gun snowmaking Sipapu Rio Grande water rights drought Rio Pueblo 2013-03-01T23:06:05Z News Article A citizen activist forces New Mexico's dairies to clean up their act http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.20/a-citizen-activist-forces-new-mexicos-dairies-to-clean-up-their-act When a giant dairy proposed building near Jerry Nivens' beloved New Mexico home, the chain-smoking Texas hermit became an activist who organized other locals to fight the industry. No publisher Stephanie Paige Ogburn groundwater pollution CAFOs manure ParaSol Dairy Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Safe Drinking Water Act Bill Olson Jerry Nivens Clean Water Act New Mexico Environment Department Percha Creek New Mexico Water Quality Congrol Commission factory farming animal waste management Amigos Bravos Susana Martinez environmental activists American dairy industry John McCatharn Rio Grande New Mexicans for Dairy Reform dairy industry 2011-12-05T18:33:23Z News Article Too much can be asked of a river http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16961 Laura Paskus lives a mile and a half from the Rio Grande, a river which shares a dubious distinction with India’s Ganges and China’s Yangze: The three are among the Top Ten most endangered rivers on the planet. No publisher Laura Paskus Weather World Wildlife Fund Rivers in Trouble top 10 endangered rivers Rio Grande Albuquerque New Mexico Ganges India Yangtze China pollution drought water use irrigation invasive species endangered species exotic species cottonwood Siberian elm 2010-02-05T09:43:08Z News Article Flood insurance crimps Western waterways http://www.hcn.org/issues/312/15971 Critics say that FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program is encouraging development in flood-prone areas alongside Western rivers, such as the Rio Grande No publisher Randy Stapilus Communities Land Use And Planning Floods Rio Grande floodplains Bosque Encantado Albuquerque New Mexico development flood insurance FEMA Natioanl Flood Insurance Program John Horning Forest Guardians silvery minnow bald eagles cottonwood forests Hurricane Katrina National Environm 2010-02-05T08:56:11Z News Article The River Has Never Divided Us: A Border History of La Junta de los Rios http://www.hcn.org/issues/297/15497 In The River Has Never Divided Us, Jefferson Morganthaler studies the hard-working people of La Junta de los Rios, a river basin along the U.S.-Mexican border No publisher Staff Socio-Economics Jefferson Morganthaler La Junta de los Rios Rio Grande Rio Cochas Texas Mexico Border Patrol farmers socio-economics Hispanics 2010-02-05T09:24:40Z News Article So-called 'peace treaty' won't save the Rio Grande http://www.hcn.org/issues/297/15493 Environmentalists made a mistake when they settled with the city of Albuquerque over water use on the Middle Rio Grande in New Mexico No publisher Lisa Robert Lawsuits And Water Rights Water lawsuits Rio Grande San Juan-Chama diversion Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District irrigation water use silvery minnow endangered species fish Bureau of Reclamation environmental groups 2010-02-05T09:24:36Z News Article Texas water case is 'takings' on steroids http://www.hcn.org/issues/292/15295 Invoking NAFTA, a group of Texas farmers and irrigation districts sues Mexico over the Rio Grande’s water No publisher Paul Krza Lawsuits and Water Rights Rio Grande takings lawsuits water rights Nancie Marzulla Roger Marzulla NAFTA Chapter 11 Mercedes Irrigation District Jo Jo White Jimmie Steidinger Bobby Sparks Alfonso Nieto Vicente Fox Defenders of Property Rights Martin Wagner Earthjustic 2010-02-05T09:23:27Z 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 More than just a city on a river http://www.hcn.org/issues/265/14474 In Hispanic Albuquerque: 1706-1846, Marc Simmons takes readers on a fascinating journey through the history of the Duke City in New Mexico No publisher Laura Paskus Albuquerque New Mexico Marc Simmons Hispanic New Mexico Western History Rio Grande Duke City 2010-02-05T09:55:51Z News Article Follow-up http://www.hcn.org/issues/264/14424 $11 million is set aside for a nuclear trigger factory that Carlsbad, N.M., is hoping to host; Yucca Mountain, Nev., gets $580 million for nuclear waste storage; no extra water for the Rio Grande silvery minnow; Pentagon wins exemptions to environmental l No publisher Laura Paskus Nuclear bomb factory plutonium triggers modern pit facility Carlsbad New Mexico Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage Rio Grande silvery minnow endangered fish Pentagon military and environmental issues Endangered Species Act Butte Montana 2010-02-05T09:55:33Z News Article It’s ‘bombs away’ on New Mexico saltcedar http://www.hcn.org/issues/262/14363 The state of New Mexico is beginning an aerial herbicide assault on the exotic shrub saltcedar, or tamarisk, but some fear spraying Arsenal along the Rio Grande could harm native cottonwoods No publisher Paul Krza Exotic Saltcedar tamarisk Rio Grande exotic plants weed control herbicides aerial spraying Arsenal herbicide 2010-02-05T09:55:13Z News Article Truce remains elusive in Rio Grande water fight http://www.hcn.org/issues/255/14136 As drought dries up the Rio Grande, New Mexico’s congressional delegation goes after a court decision upholding the endangered silvery minnow’s right to water No publisher Laura Paskus Rio Grande silvery minnow irrigation water rights fish 2010-02-05T10:13:01Z News Article Here lies the Rio Grande http://www.hcn.org/issues/220/11013 The last issue of the "Imagine a River" series on the Rio Grande examines how the river has become the "Rio Wimpy," running out of water twice before it reaches the Gulf of Mexico. No publisher Greg Hanscom Rivers Rio Grande 2010-02-05T08:51:40Z News Article It ain't easy getting old http://www.hcn.org/issues/322/16311 In No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy discards his bitter nostalgia to tell a story set along the border in the 1980s No publisher Laura Paskus Western Culture Cormac McCarthy No Country for Old Men U.S.-Mexico border novels fiction Western life border life deserts Vietnam veterans law enforcement officers All the Pretty Horses The Crossing Rio Grande 2011-11-11T23:40:25Z News Article