High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 6. The wild, wild weather http://www.hcn.org/issues/325/16388 Whatever the cause, the weather in the West this last year has been wild and wacky No publisher Stephanie Paige Ogburn Weather Climate Change Western states climate change floods drought global warming NOAA precipitation dust storms haboob Phoenix Arizona Washington mudslides Oregon windstorms California moisture Nevada dryness Colorado snowpack ski resorts Montan Science 2011-11-12T23:32:19Z News Article Anatomy of a disaster http://www.hcn.org/wotr/anatomy-of-a-disaster The floods plaguing the U.S. today are largely the result of the dam-building flurry that began about 60 years ago under the Pick-Sloan Plan. No publisher Paul VanDevelder Garrison Dam Mississippi River floods Missouri River dams and water supply projects Pick-Sloan Plan 2011-05-25T15:10:14Z News Article Getting out of the office, and into hot water http://www.hcn.org/issues/332/16629 California geology professor Jeff Mount uses river trips as an educational tool No publisher Matt Jenkins and San Francisco Bay-Delta Alaska Columbia California Rivers Copper River geology Science river trips British Rivers professors levees teachers Jeff Mount Skeena floods State Reclamation Board Gray Davis University of California at Davis Colorado River 2010-09-22T22:40:43Z News Article Living on Glacial Time http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.16/living-on-glacial-time Climate change is altering the lands we call home in ways we'd never imagined. No publisher Ana Maria Spagna Northern Cascades Jon Riedel climate change Parks Climate Challenge global warming glaciers floods forest fires Hot Times 2011-10-10T18:58:15Z News Article The Healing River http://www.hcn.org/issues/301/15622 A writer considers what he’s learned from living on a rugged Western river in the New Mexico mountains No publisher Jesse Wolf Hardin Rio Frisco Gila River Catron County New Mexico rivers floods flash floods cottonwoods river restoration sacredness water 2010-02-05T09:25:31Z News Article On the Colorado, a grand experiment meets Mother Nature http://www.hcn.org/issues/297/15480 A recent experimental flood from Glen Canyon Dam may have killed endangered native humpback chub in the Colorado River through Grand Canyon No publisher J.M. McCord Water Dams And Water Projects Endangered Colorado River Little Colorado River Glen Canyon Dam Grand Canyon humpback chub dams water projects floods endangered fish Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center Lew Coggines Joe Shannon aquatic ecology Northern Arizona University 2010-02-05T09:24:33Z News Article