http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 15. http://www.hcn.org/issues/288/15153 HCN lays out the West's 10 most critical issues and the paths toward positive results on everything from energy development and drought to federal agency practices and endangered species. No publisher Staff Energy science water nuclear wildlife communities forests public lands advocacy groups Politics Bush administration environmental movement energy oil and gas renewable energy Western Governors’ Association George W. Bush Dick Cheney solar energy wind energy John Kerry John McCain Harry Reid Janet Napolitano global warming 2010-02-05T09:22:08Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/16996 Rob Breeding calls steam access one of the most contentious water issues in his state. No publisher Rob Breeding Access And Inholding water access Montana rivers stream access 2010-02-05T09:42:20Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/256/14173 No publisher Janine Blaeloch and Chris Krupp Vilder water 2008-07-16T23:57:24Z Letter to the Editor http://www.hcn.org/issues/275/14776 In order to remain aware of the amount of water she uses in her dry climate, the author collects her dishwater daily, and pours it on her compost pile No publisher Susan Tweit Communities Human Beings And Nature water drought arid climates plumbing conservation 2010-02-05T09:57:32Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/331/16597 John Orr created his "Coyote Gulch" blog to follow Denver-area politics and Colorado water issues No publisher Matt Jenkins Weblogs Media fish water supply Denver politicians Internet political sites Platte River Colorado River water drinking Colorado politics South water effluent Colorado Big Straw web sites Referendum A John Orr Politics Coyote Gulch blog wastewater 2010-10-26T21:50:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/296/15457 In The Western Confluence, Matthew McKinney and William Harmon try to find practical ways to solve the West’s endless struggles over water and resource management No publisher Staff Communities in Transition Matthew McKinney William Harmon Western U.S. politics consensus collaboration problem-solving water wildlife fire management land use environmental issues 2010-02-05T09:24:26Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/325/16378 In the desert Southwest of 2030 Big Daddy Drought runs the show, California claims all the water, and a water tick named Lolo ekes out a rugged living removing tamarisk. No publisher Paolo Bacigalupi The 1922 Colorado River Compact irrigation sci-fi rights imagined futures Science Tamarisk Hunter tamarisk California water law water Science fiction Paolo Bacigalupi Weather future scenarios Climate Change Dams and Water Supply Projects drought fiction short stories SF 2011-11-12T21:30:05Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17658 After Los Angeles wins an award for its great-tasting water, Tom Wolf recalls how he and some friends got the notion to try to spice up the city’s water supply with a little LSD in the 1960s. No publisher Tom Wolf water Tom Wolf Los Angeles water supply tap water Colorado River Aqueduct LSD 1960s 2010-02-05T09:46:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/340/16849 A Westerner makes the disconcerting discovery that as we age, the high, dry West we love isn't so good for our moisture-loving bodies, and the only cure is a trip to the beach. No publisher Ted Kerasote Grand Tetons Caribbean hiking Wyoming dry climates 50-year-olds skiing Margot Hunt dryness physical aging deserts writers health moisture oceans Bora Bora water therapy outdoor life beaches Human beings and nature aridity snowbirds Ted Kerasote swimming 2010-08-26T21:21:23Z News Article 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 http://www.hcn.org/issues/300/15585 James Howard Kunstler talks about the end of oil, and how the West’s exurbs will expire when the automobile does No publisher Allen Best Energy Socio-Economics James Howard Kunstler The Geography of Nowhere Home from Nowhere The Long Emergency The End of Oil SUVs gas prices oil production exurbia commuting automobiles water population growth Wal-Mart economic crisis energy crisis oil prices 2011-02-04T17:33:33Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/339/16808 Water efficiency has long been touted as a silver bullet for the West’s water problems, but too much efficiency can cause problems of its own, especially in the fragile Colorado River Delta. No publisher Matt Jenkins Pacific Flyway Geronimo Hernandez Irrigation Colorado River Delta ecosystems farmers Mexicali Valley agriculture water supply irrigation Hernandez Renteria water efficiency Miguel canal leakage Riparian Areas and Wetlands endangered species endangered All-American Canal Agriculture flooding 2011-01-20T23:58:51Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/40.13/the-debate-that-won2019t-happen Even though the West is supposed to be a key battleground in this year’s election, so far the presidential candidates have managed to avoid addressing Western issues. No publisher Ed Quillen public lands John McCain water Barack Obama 2008 election Democratic National Convention energy policy 2010-02-05T08:58:55Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/341/16866 Efforts to privatize instream-flow protection – to keep enough water in rivers and streams to sustain their ecological functions – face tough going in the West. No publisher Matt Jenkins Instream flow protection Reed Benson Montana Legislature water law Montana Department of Fish Trout Unlimited use Parks Rivers water Western rivers water rights streams Wildlife and Endangered Species Act Stan Br water leasing University of Wyoming 2010-08-17T23:19:22Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/articles/17560 Former HCN publisher concludes that those who live in the West must accept its unpredictability. No publisher Ed Marston water dams primer flooding 2010-02-05T09:27:33Z News Article