http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. 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 http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/seeking-balance-in-oregons-timber-country/bigger-fires-and-evolving-threats-force-changes-in-the-northwest-forest-plan Dynamic forests require flexible management No publisher Nathan Rice megafires Okanagan climate change Washington spotted owl Cascades drought 2013-04-26T22:13:42Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.4/climate-change-turns-an-already-troubled-ski-industry-on-its-head California's Mammoth Mountain provides a case study on the uncertainty of the ski business, and how global warming threatens to make it even more unpredictable. No publisher Greg Hanscom Sierra Nevada ski business climate change Hot Times Mammoth Mountain resort town global warming recession housing bust Skiing mountain town economics drought 2013-03-11T15:12:44Z News Article 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 http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.3/conservative-farmers-agree-to-tax-those-who-deplete-groundwater Amid drought and climate change in Colorado’s San Luis Valley, farmers vote for a new approach to rein in their overpumping of groundwater. No publisher Cally Carswell irrigation farm climate change San Luis Valley taxes aquifer groundwater drought agriculture 2013-04-23T16:32:03Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/west-of-100-droughts-past-present-and-future An oral history of the 1950s drought in West Texas, and a look at what the 2000 to 2004 drought could portend for the future. No publisher Cally Carswell 1950s drought climate change drought west of 100 podcast 2012-08-28T16:48:21Z Audio 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 http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.8/bark-beetle-kill-leads-to-bigger-fires-right-well-maybe The connection between bark beetle outbreaks and Western forest fires is more complicated than it might appear. No publisher Gail Wells fir crown fires, Monica Turner, salvage logging, Forest Service lodgepole pines Hot Times Western forests Western wildfires climate change spruce Bark beetle outbreaks drought 2012-07-16T17:54:22Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.7/low-snowpack-means-a-dry-summer-for-the-west A map shows Western snowpacks as of April 1, 2012, and notes record-breaking heat and dry weather in the Southwest. No publisher Neil LaRubbio Western winter spring melt Hot Times reservoirs runoff drought snowpack 2012-07-16T17:54:48Z Infographic http://www.hcn.org/wotr/a-future-of-big-fires-and-tiny-bugs A second-generation forest ranger considers how fire prevention and climate change are affecting the forests he once roamed with his father. No publisher Frank Carroll grazing reform bark beetles climate change forest rangers overgrown forests global warming fire prevention New Mexico Blue River country forest management Frank Carroll Forest Service childhoods National Forest Service forest fires Western landscape drought rural Western life 2012-04-17T18:47:52Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/how-to-heat-proof-your-garden In a spring so hot and dry that it’s breaking records, backyard gardeners might considering using edible living mulch to protect the soil. No publisher Ari LeVaux record-breaking temperatures vegetable gardening Gardening climate change carrots small farmers global warming garlic farming green mulch compost organic farming edible living mulch drought 2012-03-28T13:08:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.4/two-degrees-warmer-and-rising-a-review-of-a-great-aridness Books about climate change tend to be grim reading, but William deBuys' love for the American Southwest makes his new nonfiction book A Great Aridness beautiful as well as disturbing. No publisher Laura Paskus A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest Hot Times global warming William deBuys drought Southwestern history 2012-07-16T17:54:09Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.1/residents-of-montanas-high-plains-are-angry-but-not-at-the-real-threats Though climate change and the economy are the issues threatening their livelihoods, many of the High Plains people are angry at almost everything else. No publisher Joe Wilkins Tea Party farmers High Plains climate change 1980s farm crisis right wing politics global warming rural life Joe Wilkins water supply political anger drought eastern Montana agriculture invasive plants Republicans 2012-02-03T14:16:35Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.19/a-fall-crop-of-visitors High Country News gets lots of visitors; Paolo Bacigalupi's HCN sci-fi story "The Tamarisk Hunter" is in a new anthology; Utne Reader honors visionaries, including some of HCN's friends. No publisher Jodi Peterson aonia, Colorado Marc Levesque short story anthologies Susan Porter climate change Debbie Sease Jim Lovett Utne Reader he Tamarisk Hunter Rachel Shockley science fiction Paolo Bacigalupi Tim DeChristopher Lynn Lipscomb Ann Watson drought I'm With the Bears: Short Stories from a Damaged Planet Mary Ann Wilner Gary Paul Nabhan High Country News 2011-11-10T20:51:56Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.17/management-by-mega-fire It’s a basic fact of Western life that fire rarely behaves the way we want it to. No publisher Paul Larmer Western land management farmers rural life climate change Western wildfires Forest Service forest fires drought 2011-10-13T18:21:39Z News Article