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(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 publisherJ.R. Logansnow gunsnowmakingSipapuRio Grandewater rightsdroughtRio Pueblo2013-03-01T23:06:05ZNews ArticleThe BLM fights for the Southwest’s last free-flowing river http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.3/the-blm-fights-for-the-southwest2019s-last-free-flowing-river A federal agency asserts its water rights to the San Pedro river in a case that might eventually lead to limits on growth in Arizona. No publisherTony DavisSierra VistaTribute projectaquifer pumpingwater rightsSan Pedro RiverBureau of Land Managementgroundwater pumpingCochise Countyaquifersgroundwater2013-02-28T22:38:27ZNews ArticleA Colorado newspaperman fights for his valley's water http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.5/a-colorado-newspaperman-fights-for-his-valleys-water Bob Rawlings, publisher of the Pueblo Chieftain, has battled for decades to bring water to southeastern Colorado and, once it's there, to keep it no matter what.
No publisherMatt JenkinsirrigationColorado water politicsfarmersBob Rawlingswater supplySuper Ditchwater rightsPueblo ChieftainColorado historywater diversionsFryingpan-Arkansas project2012-03-26T14:44:44ZNews ArticleColorado water diversions, urban and rural http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.5/colorado-water-diversions-urban-and-rural Colorado's Front Range and Western Slope communities and farms have always wrangled over the water produced high in the Rocky Mountains.No publisherSarah GilmanColorado Front Range growthColorado water politicsBob Rawlingswater supplywater rightsPueblo Chieftainwater diversionsWestern SlopeFryingpan-Arkansas project2012-03-14T19:36:39ZNews ArticleWhen it comes to importing water, nothing seems too extreme http://www.hcn.org/wotr/when-it-comes-to-importing-water-nothing-seems-too-extreme A new proposal to send Mississippi River water out West is both insane and entirely possible, given the outrageous water schemes of the past.No publisherCraig RoweSouthern Nevada Water AuthorityColorado River BasinWestern water schemeswater supplydams and water projectswater rightsMississippi RiverPat Mulroy2011-09-28T22:39:33ZNews ArticleWhere has Montana's water gone? http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.8/where-has-montanas-water-gone The Yellowstone River Compact may not protect Montanans who rely on the Tongue River’s water.No publisherSierra Crane-Murdochirrigation efficiencycoalbed methane drillingYellowstone River Compactwater rightsgroundwaterWestern water lawTongue River water usersdrought2011-05-20T15:08:23ZNews ArticleIt takes a district: Utah landowners control groundwater use http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.8/it-takes-a-district In southern Utah's Escalante Valley, local landowners will form a water district to save their declining aquifer. No publisherJamie HansenirrigationUtah state engineer Jerry Oldswater usewater rightsEscalante Valley Water Users associationdroughtaquifers2010-05-12T15:33:59ZNews ArticleThe diplomacy of water http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.18/the-diplomacy-of-water Norris Hundley's magisterial Water in the West is back in print to enlighten readers about water politics, especially the Colorado River Compact.No publisherMatt JenkinsColorado River CompactWestern historyNorris Hundley Jr.Water in the Westprior appropriationwater rightsWestern water politics2010-02-05T08:56:00ZNews ArticleA good idea – if you can get away with it http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.18/a-good-idea-2013-if-you-can-get-away-with-it Rainwater harvesting is against the law in many Western states, but folks in Utah, Colorado and Washington want to change that.No publisherPeter Friedericiwaterwater rightsrainwater harvestingrainwaterwater supply2010-02-05T10:05:11ZNews ArticleWatch the river flow http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.13/watch-the-river-flow In western Colorado, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park wins an important water claim.No publisherRob Ingliswater lawpublic landsBlack Canyon of the Gunnison National Parkwater rightsNational Park Service2010-02-05T08:43:50ZNews ArticleThe Gila's Monster http://www.hcn.org/articles/16932 Along the upper Gila in New Mexico, conservationists and
the state squabble over managing the river's water.No publisherErin HalcombDams And Water Supply ProjectsGila RiverNew Mexicodamswater rightswater supply
projectwells2010-02-05T08:40:04ZNews ArticleFarmers and ranchers say city is stealing
water http://www.hcn.org/issues/296/15441 In New Mexico, Alamogordo’s plan to build a
desalinization plant and tap the Tularosa Basin aquifer has area
ranchers and farmers worriedNo publisherHilary WattsGroundwaterWaterTularosa Basin AquiferAlamogordogroundwaterdesalinizationChihuahuan Desertrancherswater rightswater
wellsDan AbercrombieTularosa Community Ditch
Corporation2010-02-05T09:24:21ZNews ArticleWho owns Klamath water — farmers or the
public? http://www.hcn.org/issues/295/15406 A judge rules that Pacific Coast fishermen can intervene
as a third party in a lawsuit between Klamath River Basin farmers
and the federal governmentNo publisherJ.M. McCordFishFishing IndustryLawsuits And Water RightsKlamath River Basinwater rightswater lawtakings
lawsuitsfishing industryPacific Coast Federation of
Fishermen’s AssociationsFrancis AllegraDave SolemKlamath Irrigation DistrictBureau of ReclamationGlen Spainsalmon2010-02-05T09:24:09ZNews ArticleThe life of an unsung Western water diplomat http://www.hcn.org/issues/294/15381 Silver Fox of the Rockies by Daniel
Tyler tells the story of Delphus E. Carpenter, who sought peaceful
resolutions to Western water problems, and helped create the 1922
Colorado River CompactNo publisherJoshua ZaffosRiversDelphus E. CarpenterColorado River CompactUpper Basin
statesLower Basin stateswater rightsMark Twainbiographieswater conservationColoradoWyomingUtahNevadaNew MexicoArizonaCaliforniaBruce BabbittHoover Dam2010-02-05T09:24:03ZNews ArticleTexas 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 waterNo publisherPaul KrzaLawsuits and Water RightsRio Grandetakings lawsuitswater rightsNancie
MarzullaRoger MarzullaNAFTA Chapter 11Mercedes Irrigation
DistrictJo Jo WhiteJimmie SteidingerBobby SparksAlfonso
NietoVicente FoxDefenders of Property RightsMartin WagnerEarthjustic2010-02-05T09:23:27ZNews Article