As the Midwest demands Western coal, the West eyes the Midwest’s bountiful water, brewing lively political rhetoric and difficult questions in the Midwest.

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A Midwestern water OPEC

As the Midwest demands Western coal, the West eyes the Midwest’s bountiful water, brewing lively political rhetoric and difficult questions in the Midwest. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.12/download-entire-issue

by Bruce Webendorfer

Rest-Rotation: restoring the range

The rest-rotation method could restore grazing land by working with the regenerative properties of range grasses, but some environmentalists have concerns about the method’s effects on wildlife. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.12/download-entire-issue

by Jim Robbins

The dam-nation of Kootenai Falls

The Western Montana Generation and Transmission Association wants to build a dam at the last major water fall in the Northern Rockies, on northwestern Montana’s Kootenai River. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/14.12/download-entire-issue

by Don Snow