http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/wotr/big-water-projects-should-make-westerners-nervous Demand for water is falling, so why are we going forward with giant water projects? No publisher Sharlene Leurig dams water projects pipelines Southern Nevada Water Authority Flaming Gorge 2013-01-22T15:54:46Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.16/can-pallid-sturgeon-hang-on-in-the-overworked-missouri-river In the dam-locked Upper Missouri, scientists search for signs that the ancient species hasn't reached the end of its line. No publisher Marian Lyman Kirst Missouri River dams endangered species river renaturalization Lake Sakakawea native fish Fort Peck pallid sturgeon 2012-09-24T14:37:00Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.16/can-pallid-sturgeon-hang-on-in-the-overworked-missouri-river/pallids-pr-problem Why don't pallid sturgeon get more love? No publisher Marian Lyman Kirst Missouri River dams charismatic megafauna native fish endangered species pallid sturgeon 2012-09-13T15:07:10Z 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/43.21/a-celebration-of-cascadia-a-review-of-open-spaces-voices-from-the-northwest Open Spaces: Voices from the Northwest doesn't quite work as an anthology, but it features some intimate and thoughtful writing about the Pacific Northwest. No publisher Gretchen Legler Denis Hayes Richard P. Benner Penny Harrison John Daniel Norman Maclean dams quarterlies essay collections Bruce Babbitt Northwestern ecosystem anthologies Northwestern culture Open Spaces magazine Sandra Dorr nonfiction Charles Wilkinson Portland Seattle Pacific Northwest Open Spaces: Voices from the Northwest Lee C. Neff 2011-12-12T15:25:26Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/324/16366 Fishing is not the reason behind the decline of the Northwest’s salmon; the desire for cheap hydroelectric power is No publisher Gina Knudson Energy Hydroelectric Salmon fishing ban dams endangered fish threatened species Endangered Species Act sport fishing chinook salmon commercial fishing George W. Bush energy policy hydroelectric power David Wu Larry Craig Fish Passage Center Keith Peterson 2011-11-12T03:11:39Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/319/16210 In Washington, tribes have been shut out of a plan for new Columbia River dams that are being touted as good for salmon as well as farmers No publisher Matt Jenkins Fish Salmon Native Americans Dams and Water Supply Projects Columbia River dams water projects reservoirs irrigation salmon endangered fish Christine Gregoire Washington Legislature Gerry O’Keefe Washington Department of Ecology Yakama Nation Columbia Basin Project Endangered Species Act Clark Kagele 2011-10-27T21:51:47Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/301/15612 Army Corps of Engineers will have to release water from Columbia and Snake river dams to help salmon; Montana mining ban is not a property "taking"; kinks in plan to drill for natural gas at Colorado nuclear site. No publisher Laura Paskus Judge James Redden Army Corps of Engineers dams Columbia River Snake River salmon endangered fish Endangered Species Act NOAA Bureau of Reclamation steelhead Montana mining ban cyanide heap leach mining gold mining property takings Canyon R 2011-05-16T23:18:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.6/muddy-waters-silt-and-the-slow-demise-of-glen-canyon-dam/sedimentation-a-building-problem-in-the-wests-reservoirs The West's reservoirs are waging a constant battle against rising levels of sediment. No publisher Matt Weiser U.S. Army Corps of Engineers silt dams sedimentation Western reservoirs Bureau of Reclamation 2011-04-26T20:15:51Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.6/muddy-waters-silt-and-the-slow-demise-of-glen-canyon-dam/siltation-expert-we-need-more-dams George Annandale, a siltation expert, says the West needs more dams to satisfy its thirst. No publisher Paul Larmer silt dams water supply sedimentation Western reservoirs drought 2011-04-12T22:27:43Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/300/15574 A judge has thrown out the Bush administration’s salmon protection plan, setting the stage for dramatic changes to the federal hydropower system No publisher Rocky Barker Water Dams And Water Supply Projects Energy Hydropower Salmon Endangered Species Act Judge James Redden Bush administration Bush salmon plan salmon recovery Bush environmental policy NOAA Fisheries dam-breaching dams Snake River dams Columbia River dams Bob Lohn William Dwyer Northwest Forest Pl 2011-03-18T23:26:50Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.19/dam-removal-for-dummies A how-to guide to free-flowing rivers, with illustrations from Oregon's recently removed Gold Ray Dam. No publisher Nick Neely Gold Ray Dam Rogue River dams salmon dam removal steelhead 2010-11-10T19:27:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/345/16971 Global warming spurs calls for new dams in the West – but where will the water come from to fill them? No publisher Matt Jenkins Sierra Nevada rapid melting Hot Times water supply weather reservoirs Schwarzenegger dams shorter Colorado River rainfall San Joaquin Valley Arnold Western drought global warming winters change climate Dave Cogdill aridity Dams And Water Supply Projects Temperan snowmelt runoff 2010-09-30T16:00:00Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/335/16711 The huge, copiously illustrated Rivers of North America is the first comprehensive effort to detail the current state of the continent’s rivers No publisher Irene Wanner science biodiversity Columbia River Rivers of North America Bering Sea dams Arctic Yukon River watersheds Gila River reference books Rivers salmon ecology encyclopedias Colbert E. hydrologists geomorphology Cushing National Wildl Arthur C. Benke 2010-09-09T21:24:26Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/338/16783 An illustrated timeline charts the appearance of dams on the lower Snake River and the resulting decline of salmon, along with the so-far-inadequate response of the federal government. No publisher Ken Olsen fish Judiciary Department Celilo Falls extinct fish Idaho Snake River coho Water Bonneville Dam Congress dams Salmon Native American fishermen lower Snake River endangered Malcolm Marsh Harlan Holmes biologists Roosevelt Franklin Dams and water supply projects Politics Pacific Northwest history 2010-08-26T23:07:34Z News Article