High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 11. The missing puzzle piece http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.22/the-missing-puzzle-piece In southwestern Colorado’s Crow Canyon, archaeologists are working with Native Americans to solve the historical mysteries of the Four Corners area. No publisher Ernest Atencio Santa Clara Pueblo Ancestral Puebloans Crow Canyon Archaeological Four Corners Taos Pueblo Anasazi Archaeology Crow Canyon Archaeological Center 2010-02-05T09:20:30Z News Article Taos' return to the acequias http://www.hcn.org/articles/17800 38 years of meetings and a price-tag of $120 million formalize old agreements No publisher Ernest Atencio Lawsuits And Water Rights Taos acequias adjudication 2010-02-05T09:40:21Z News Article The high carbon cost of la vida rural http://www.hcn.org/articles/17733 Commentary: Driving impacts our ecologically-conscious life No publisher Ernest Atencio Energy Efficiency carbon footprint 2010-02-05T09:40:03Z News Article The mysticism of mud http://www.hcn.org/issues/370/17693 Ernest Atencio ponders an exceptionally muddy Mud Season in New Mexico, and notes how readily most Westerners forget that we live in an arid landscape. No publisher Ernest Atencio Charles Dana Wilber mud season Climate change Northern New Mexico weather forecasts water supply Manifest Destiny Western climate change drought history 2010-07-26T22:04:13Z News Article The fractured states of mining reclamation http://www.hcn.org/issues/216/10909 A comparison of mine reclamation in Western states shows the specifics of reclamation very widely in each state. No publisher Ernest Atencio Reclamation 2010-02-05T08:37:41Z News Article Reclamation's mixed bag http://www.hcn.org/issues/216/10908 The art and science of mine reclamation is very complicated, and so far there have not been enough long-term successes to learn from. No publisher Ernest Atencio Reclamation 2010-02-05T08:37:40Z News Article Closing the wounds http://www.hcn.org/issues/216/10885 If the 1993 New Mexico Mining Act is allowed to work, it could usher in a new era of mine reclamation in which mines actually have to clean up and pay for the messes they leave behind. No publisher Ernest Atencio Reclamation 2010-02-05T08:37:29Z News Article The life and times of a mining town http://www.hcn.org/issues/184/5963 A timeline traces the history of the Molycorp mine in Questa, N.M., and its environmental problems. No publisher Ernest Atencio Molybdenum 2010-02-05T09:03:00Z News Article The mine that turned the Red River blue http://www.hcn.org/issues/184/5962 Though the economic future of the area is uncertain, activists welcome a possible Superfund listing for the huge Molycorp molybdenum mine in Questa, N.M., as a way to save the town and the Red River from yet more mine-waste pollution. No publisher Ernest Atencio Molybdenum 2010-02-05T09:03:00Z News Article A norteno champions a local environmental ethic http://www.hcn.org/issues/177/5759 The essays that sociologist Devon Peûa has assembled in his book, "Chicano Culture, Ecology, Politics: Subversive Kin," argue for a homegrown Chicano environmental ethic in the changing, contested landscape of New Mexico. No publisher Ernest Atencio Communities In Transition 2010-02-05T09:01:17Z News Article Water deal could drain New Mexico's small towns http://www.hcn.org/issues/176/5697 Santa Fe County's desire to buy water from Top of the World farms in the San Luis Valley has northern New Mexico farmers worried that their water rights will be endangered. No publisher Ernest Atencio Lawsuits And Water Rights 2010-02-05T09:00:46Z News Article