http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. 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/wotr/16960 Jack Wright thinks Montanans are over-reacting to stream-access issues; after all, from the point of view of a fish, it’s a good thing when a rich man restores a stream, even if he locks out trespassers. No publisher Jack Wright Water Rivers Environmental Mitchell Slough Bitterroot Valley Montana Supreme Court stream access Bitterroot River Huey Lewis Ken Sibel rich people class issues class war newcomers conservation easements stream restoration Dave Odell in-stream flows riparian areas Bi Advocacy groups 2010-02-05T09:43:08Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/346/17002 Sometimes it seems that only the impact of a severe drought can get Westerners to work together on water issues No publisher Paul Larmer Lake water supply Communities in transition growth Powell city Colorado River Compact Paonia Water conflict development small towns communities drought Lake Mead governments Colorado George subdivisions Las Vegas Nevada Colorado River Commission of Nevada 2010-08-06T20:17:00Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/what-the-frac-do-we-know Congress introduces two bills to oversee hydraulic fracturing. No publisher jeffc Public Lands Bad Judgment Anti-government sentiment Energy Water Archaelogy Environmental Protection Agency pollution 2009-06-10T20:36:51Z Blog Post 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/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/293/15335 Wyoming’s runaway energy boom is taking on toll on the state’s land, especially when the industry’s salty wastewater spills or leaches into the ground No publisher J.M. McCord Water Groundwater Oil And Gas Powder River Basin Wyoming oil and gas drilling energy industry wastewater Don Likwartz Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Harry LaBonde Dave Freudenthal Todd Parfitt Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality groundwater water pollu 2010-02-05T09:23:49Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/278/14859 Because arid Wyoming built landfills without liners, at least 21 of the state’s dumps are now leaking dangerous chemicals into groundwater No publisher Allison Fashek Water Pollution Landfills Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality landfills groundwater pollution contaminated aquifers dumps toxic chemicals nitrates chlorides pesticides dry-cleaning solvents 2010-02-05T09:58:04Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/utah-fishermen-no-longer-required-to-levitate Apparently the right to use a river includes the right to touch the bottom. No publisher robinglis Water Recreation Wildlife Fishing 2008-07-30T17:25:59Z Blog Post http://www.hcn.org/issues/9/285 Distrust from past betrayals makes Utes stall Utah on Central Utah Project. No publisher Daniel Mccool Water Native Americans 2011-02-02T16:23:36Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/373/17764 In most of the West’s complicated environmental problems, so-called “unlikely alliances” between greens and their opposite numbers are really not that unlikely after all. No publisher Jonathan Thompson Water High Country News environmental movement Klamath River Matt Jenkins collaborative solutions consensus 2010-02-05T08:39:55Z 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/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/270/14627 The Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, which defeated a dam that would have flooded tribal farmland, uses water from the Central Arizona Project to grow profitable crops like pecans and citrus fruits No publisher Daniel Kraker Water Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Central Arizona Project CAP Verde River Salt River Orme Dam irrigation Indian water rights Western Water Arizona tribes Native Americans 2010-02-05T09:56:39Z 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