High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 91 to 105. The best thing since dams: pouring water underground http://www.hcn.org/issues/295/15419 In Common Waters, Diverging Streams William Blomquist, Edella Schlager, and Tanya Heikkila argue on behalf of "conjunctive management" – coordinating the use of surface water with underground aquifers No publisher Matt Jenkins William Blomquist Edella Schlager Tanya Heikkila conjunctive management water conservation surface water aquifers water storage stream flows groundwater 2010-02-05T09:24:15Z News Article The public pays to keep water in a river http://www.hcn.org/issues/295/15405 Three important "takings" lawsuits claim farmers should be compensated when water is withheld from irrigators in order to help endangered species during times of drought No publisher Matt Jenkins Fish Endangered Lawsuits And Water Rights Tulare Lake Basin Water Storage District San Francisco Bay Delta chinook salmon delta smelt Klamath River Basin Central San Joaquin Water Conservation District irrigation takings lawsuits Fifth Amendment Roger Marzulla property rights Stockton 2010-02-05T09:24:08Z News Article What's worse than the worst-case scenario? Real life http://www.hcn.org/issues/294/15374 Ten years ago, Ben Harding created a worst-case drought scenario for a U.S. Geological Survey study, but the current drought on the Colorado River may be even worse than he imagined No publisher Matt Jenkins Weather Dams And Water Supply Projects Colorado River drought Ben Harding U.S. Geological Survey Glen Canyon Dam Lees Ferry Lake Powell water shortages climate change global warming Bureau of Reclamation 2010-02-05T09:24:01Z News Article Arizona returns to the desert http://www.hcn.org/issues/294/15361 Rampant growth in the Phoenix area and a severe drought on the Colorado River challenge Arizona's water sustainability. No publisher Matt Jenkins Land Use And Planning Dams And Water Supply Projects Central Arizona Project Phoenix Tucson growth development population drought Colorado River water use groundwater canals irrigation dams water supply projects David S. Wilson Bureau of Reclamation Gale Norton Upper Basin states Lower Bas 2010-02-05T09:23:55Z 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 The BLM wields fork and spatula over the West's wildlands http://www.hcn.org/issues/291/15276 The Bureau of Land Management is handing out public-lands drilling permits like a McDonald’s drive-through with a hyperactive "Order Assembly Target." No publisher Matt Jenkins Public Lands Bureau of Land Management Oil and Gas BLM oil and gas permits citizen-proposed wilderness Big Ridge proposed wilderness Colorado Powder River Basin McDonald’s Norton-Leavitt Wilderness Settlement energy development 2010-02-05T09:23:15Z News Article A crisis brews on the Colorado http://www.hcn.org/issues/290/15222 As the Colorado River Basin enters a sixth year of drought, the Interior Department orders seven states to start coordinating their management of the dwindling water supply. No publisher Matt Jenkins Lawsuits And Water Rights Colorado River Basin Lake Mead Lake Powell water rights drought Bureau of Reclamation Patricia Mulroy Southern Nevada Water Authority Central Arizona Project Jim Lochhead water conservation Colorado River Compact Interior Department Steven Gr 2010-02-05T09:22:49Z News Article The BLM wields fork and spatula over the West's wildlands http://www.hcn.org/wotr/15216 The writer says the "Great Barbecue" of the 1920s is back: The federal government is leasing land for oil and gas as fast as it can No publisher Matt Jenkins Public Lands Wilderness Oil and Gas 2010-02-05T09:44:37Z News Article Anasazi outpost dodges the drill http://www.hcn.org/issues/289/15189 Hovenweep National Monument in remote southeastern Utah narrowly escapes an attempt to lease nearby land for oil and gas drilling No publisher Matt Jenkins Energy Oil And Gas Hovenweep National Monument Square Tower Unit oil and gas drilling archaeological ruins Anasazi ancestral Puebloans ruins energy exploration energy leases National Park Service BLM Kent Hoffman Corky Hays 2010-02-05T09:22:37Z News Article Follow-up http://www.hcn.org/issues/289/15183 Judge puts stay on initiative to keep more nuclear waste from coming to Hanford Nuclear Reservation; Phoenix Mine expansion approved in Nevada; Western governors discuss reforming Endangered Species Act No publisher Matt Jenkins Hanford Nuclear Reservation Justice Department Phoenix Mine Battle Mountain Nevada Newmont Mining Corporation mining reclamation trust fund Environmental Protection Agency Endangered Species Act Western Governors’ Association 2010-02-05T09:22:23Z News Article Follow-up http://www.hcn.org/issues/288/15157 California Gov. Schwarzenegger won’t fight for roadless rule; California Attorney General Bill Lockyer blasts Forest Service revision of Sierra Nevada plan; Arizona Water Settlements Act gives water and money to tribes; Lincoln County (Nevada) Conserva No publisher Matt Jenkins Roadless Rule Forest Service Arnold Schwarzenegger forest protection Dave Freudenthal state governments Bill Lockyer Sierra Nevada Plan Dale Bosworth Arizona Water Settlements Act Gila River Indian Community Indian water rights Native Ameri 2010-02-05T09:22:11Z News Article Follow-up http://www.hcn.org/issues/286/15106 Owyhee Canyonlands wilderness comes closer to Idaho; Bush funds CALFED; oil and gas brings money to Rocky Mountain states; National Wildlife Federation says federal Conservation Reserve Program is abused No publisher Matt Jenkins Owyhee Canyonlands Owyhee Initiative Mike Crapo wilderness Bush administration CALFED Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta oil and gas Rocky Mountain state economy New Mexico Colorado Utah Montana National Wildlife Federation Department of Agricu 2010-02-05T09:21:53Z News Article Californians take a stand on GE crops http://www.hcn.org/issues/285/15078 Activists in Butte County, Calif., have put a genetic-engineering ban on the ballot, but some farmers fear it could also ban a tried-and-true "mutagenic" variety of rice No publisher Matt Jenkins Politics Elections Crops California ballot issues genetically engineered crops mutagenic rice Calrose GE crops genetic engineering Bryce Lundberg organic agriculture Lundberg Family Farms Renata Brillinger Californians for GE- Free Agriculture Butte County Rice Growe 2010-02-05T09:21:41Z News Article Energy companies rush the West http://www.hcn.org/issues/283/15014 In Wyoming, Gov. Dave Freudenthal tries to put the brakes on the oil and gas leasing rush, but the drilling frenzy continues across the West No publisher Matt Jenkins Oil and Gas Upper Green River Basin oil and gas drilling energy exploration BLM leases Forest Service Bridger-Teton National Forest Dave Freudenthal Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance Tom Darin Jonah Field Book Cliffs Otero Mesa Jack Morrow Hills Red Des 2010-02-05T09:21:13Z News Article Dear friends http://www.hcn.org/issues/282/14986 HCN’s upcoming potluck is in Portland; new interns Deanna Belch and Lissa James; and corrections No publisher Deanna Belch, Lissa James and Matt Jenkins High Country News Dear Friends Lissa James Deanna Belch Diana Tomback Richard Mayol Grand Canyon Trust Mexican spotted owl Kane Ranch Arizona 2010-02-05T09:21:04Z News Article