http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.21/producing-more-power-means-using-more-water Federal agencies often overlook the tight relationship between energy production and water use. No publisher Judith Lewis Mernit energy-water nexus oil shale Energy production hydraulic fracturing Water tar sands 2013-01-02T15:55:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/303/15689 New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici says he wants to give more money to the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Act Collaborative Program – if the program will trim its membership and put itself under federal authority No publisher Patrick Farrell Water Rivers Consensus Pete Domenici Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Act Collaborative Program silvery minnow southwestern willow flycatcher endangered species consensus groups Kara Gillon Alliance for the Rio Grande Heritage David Probst New Mexico Department of Advocacy Groups 2012-04-09T19:14:44Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/305/15751 The Nez Perce Tribe says that salmon-killing dams -- such as the three in Hells Canyon whose licenses are up for renewal this year – amount to an illegal "taking" of the tribe’s guaranteed right to fish No publisher Rachel Odell Water Dams And Water Supply Projects Indian Culture Salmon Nez Perce Tribe Elmer Crow salmon tribal fishing rights dams water projects hydroelectric Federal Energy Regulatory Commission takings clause U.S. Constitution treaty rights NOAA Fisheries William Orrick Bolt Decision John Echohawk Doug Nas 2012-03-08T22:23:02Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/306/15779 As the rapidly growing city of Las Vegas, Nev., schemes to find more water, it reminds those of us who live outside big cities that we also need to rethink the way we use water No publisher Paul Larmer Communities Communities in Transition Dams And Water Supply Projects Water irrigation agriculture rainfall drought Colorado River Compact Colorado River Basin growth farming water supply projects agribusiness water conservation 2012-03-05T22:36:33Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/307/15814 Perchlorate, a toxic chemical used in rocket fuel, has been found in drinking water wells, but that won’t stop the development of West Creek, a planned community northeast of Los Angeles No publisher Patrick Farrell Water Pollution Land Use And Planning Los Angeles County West Creek perchlorate planned communities development Newhall Land and Farming Co. Valencia Water Co. groundwater pollution drinking water wells water supply Whittaker-Bermite Lynne Plambeck Marlee Lauffer environmental ac 2012-02-14T17:34:22Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/318/16178 The federal Energy Department and the state of Wyoming have challenged Montana’s plan to establish pollution controls for coalbed methane wells No publisher Sarah Gilman Water Pollution Oil and Gas Coalbed methane wastewater Marge West ranchers water pollution Powder River Basin oil and gas industry drilling gas wells pumping Richard Opper Montana Department of Environmental Quality Montana Board of Environmental Review Department of En 2011-12-15T17:24:37Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/328/16470 It’s not easy to wean Westerners away from their lush, traditional, turfgrass lawns, but with drought an increasing fact of life, Xeriscape gardening is finally catching on No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Water Plants Deserts Lawns bluegrass turf Chris Martin horticulture Arizona State University Polytechnic campus Williams Air Force Base drought Phoenix rainfall gardening suburbia backyards Sonoran Desert cactus communities landscaping aesthetics Ted Steinb 2011-12-08T23:34:01Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/328/16478 Golf – the game that brought grass to the desert – appears to have hit a rough patch in the West No publisher Tony Davis Recreation Sports Other Water Groundwater Desert Land Use, Planning Golf Sycamore Canyon development Tucson Arizona Sunbelt communities golf courses recreation sports demographics baby boomers retirees Bob Thomas Southern California Golf Association National Golf Foundation Donald Trump greens fees fairway Deserts 2011-12-07T23:30:56Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/329/16530 In a dark, narrow storm drain below the border town of Douglas, Ariz., eight illegal immigrants drowned in the summer of 1997 No publisher Craig Childs Water Floods Immigrants Illegal immigrants flash floods border towns border crossing Craig Childs immigrant deaths Agua Prieta Mexico Hotel Yolanda storm drains tunnels undocumented workers coyotes maquiladoras economic issues drowning deportation agricultural w 2011-11-30T19:39:30Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/328/16479 The seven basic principles of Xeriscaping are explained No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Water Xeriscaping gardening plants lawns water use Ken Ball Denver Water Donald Godi Larry Keesen Gene Eyerly xeric gardens mulching landscaping soil lawn care 2011-11-28T23:06:29Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/328/16480 Photo descriptions of Xeriscapers in the West No publisher Michelle Nijhuis Water Xeriscape Xeriscaping 2011-11-28T23:04:45Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/324/16351 In his book Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Jared Diamond warns about societies that overreach themselves – a warning that southern Arizona, in the midst of its tremendous real estate boom, ought to heed No publisher Paul Larmer Water Dams and Water Supply Projects Land Use and Planning Jared Diamond Collapse Easter Island Mayan Anasazi civilizations catastrophe Phoenix Arizona Central Arizona Project drought climate cities natural resources overpopulation demographics megalopolis desert cities Sunbelt growth boom dev 2011-11-12T02:19:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/324/16350 Phoenix, Ariz., is determined to disprove the idea that the West will someday run out of water and that every boom has to come to an end No publisher Matt Jenkins Water Dams and Water Supply Projects Land Use and Planning Buckeye Arizona Douglas Ranch Arizona real estate construction industry Sunbelt demographics real estate agents realtors Marco Gutierrez Maria Lozano Sundance real estate market homebuilding industry White Tank Mountains John Hall 2011-11-12T02:15:45Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/320/16236 Grand Junction and Palisade, Colo., try unsuccessfully to bid on oil and gas leases to protect their water supply from contamination by drilling No publisher Sarah Gilman Water Pollution Oil and Gas Greg Trainor oil and gas industry BLM drilling leases lease auctions Grand Junction Palisade western Colorado water pollution sediment runoff Denise Adamic 2011-11-12T01:20:31Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/the-gift-of-runoff-in-a-wet-season After too many recent dry years, residents of the Rocky Mountains are relishing the music of running water. No publisher Allen Best Rocky Mountains climate change snowpack rain rivers Water drought 2011-07-20T14:59:51Z News Article