http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/341/16861 Quagga mussels – an extraordinarily prolific and costly invasive species – have appeared in Lake Mead, and no one is sure how to keep these unwanted newcomers from infesting the West. No publisher Michelle Nijhuis aquatic Harry Kew Wen ecology Lake St. Clair Ellen Marsden Colorado River biologists Biodiversity Lake Mead National Recreation Area Science exotic species St Las Vegas Boat Harbor Invasive species Paul Hebert Lake Mead zebra mussel Invasive Dreissena Las Vegas Baldwin 2010-08-17T23:00:10Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17504 Tom Wolf talks to his 90-year-old mother about the Great Depression and the big dams that were built in the West in the 1930s. No publisher Tom Wolf Tom Wolf Great Depression dam building Colorado River civil engineers dams and water supply projects mothers and sons Bureau of Reclamation 2010-02-05T09:46:05Z News Article 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 http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.9/western-water-in-the-age-of-climate-change In Dead Pool: Lake Powell, Global Warming, and the Future of Water in the West, James Lawrence Powell examines the impact of climate change on the West’s future. No publisher Kyle Boelte John Wesley Powell climate change James Lawrence Powell Dead Pool Colorado River drought Lake Powell 2010-02-05T09:36:20Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/41.4/welcome-to-the-era-of-scarcity Arguing about water is a beloved Western pastime, but as the snowpack shrinks, Coloradoans are going to find themselves seriously fighting over what’s left in the Colorado River. No publisher Paul Larmer Irrigation ditches Climate change Snowpack Water supply Water rights Colorado River Drought 2010-02-05T08:37:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/281/14954 Many Western cities like Sierra Vista, Ariz., were built beside once-beautiful rivers which were overused and then neglected, while the cities looked elsewhere for new water sources to exploit No publisher Matt Jenkins Rivers Western rivers San Pedro River Sierra Vista Arizona Fort Huachuca water conservation saving water water reform growth sprawl development wildcat developments Los Angeles Denver Albuquerque Colorado River Rio Grande Salt River Verde River 2010-02-05T09:20:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/316/16113 The Hualapai Tribe has ambitious plans for Grand Canyon West, a tourist destination on its remote reservation bordering the Grand Canyon No publisher Emma Brown Parks and Monuments Tourist Management Reservations and Economic Development Grand Canyon West Hualapai Reservation Native Americans American Indians tourist developments Destination Grand Canyon Sheri YellowHawk Skywalk Clay Bravo Hualapai Department of Natural Resources Colorado River river rafting Jo Johnson River Native Americans 2010-02-05T08:56:57Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/275/14763 Chromium 6 is moving from the California desert toward the Colorado River, and officials fear it might contaminate the drinking water supply of 20 million people No publisher Jodi Peterson Pollution Groundwater Chromium 6 Colorado River groundwater contamination pollution carcinogens toxic chemicals Erin Brockovich Needles California Pacific Gas and Electric Metropolitan Water District drinking water Environmental Protection Agency 2010-02-05T09:57:24Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/322/16312 In Grand Canyon: Solving Earth’s Grandest Puzzle, geologist James Lawrence Powell takes a look at the science behind the Grand Canyon, and the scientists who figured it out No publisher Ewen Callaway Science Grand Canyon geology plate tectonics rocks John Wesley Powell James Laurence Powell Solving Earth’s Grandest Puzzle Grove Gilbert Clarence Dutton science scientific ideas Colorado River canyon formation 2011-11-11T23:42:00Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/298/15525 It took a while, but the writer eventually came to see the strange, harsh beauty of the gnarled old pinon and juniper trees in Canyon Country No publisher Joshua Zaffos Plants Ecosystems Canyon country desert ecosystems pinon pines junipers Dinosaur National Monument Green River Colorado River Zion National Park aesthetics trees hiking Deserts 2012-03-30T22:18:28Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/45.7/spread-the-word-and-get-an-exclusive-hcn-poster "Friends" campaign offers the new Colorado River Basin poster; Craig Childs wins Orion Book Award; John Dougherty produces "Cyanide Beach" documentary on mine pollution. No publisher Jodi Peterson poster Colorado River Ed Marston referral friends Betsy Marsyon 2013-04-26T22:13:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/369/17676 The essays in Page Stegner’s Adios Amigos celebrate the fragile beauty of Western rivers and the lives of the artists and explorers who journeyed down them. No publisher Janice Gable Bashman Recreation Page Stegner Missouri River Adios Amigos Wallace Stegner John Wesley Powell Karl Bodmer Colorado River Yampa River San Juan River essays river rafting nonfiction 2010-07-26T22:36:06Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.11/river-town Flagstaff, Ariz., may not really have its own river, but to many of its residents it is a true river town. No publisher Christa Sadler Flagstaff River running Christa Sadler Grand Canyon autobiography Colorado River river guides essays friendship 2011-06-22T20:45:37Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/one-mans-salt-must-not-burden-another-mans-water The little farming town of Mancos, Colo., is finding ways to remove salt from its water and make irrigation more efficient during drought. No publisher Tom Wolf irrigation Colorado water conservation Mancos watershed health Colorado River farming 2010-02-05T09:27:27Z News Article 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