Water pressure

Feature

At the 10-year anniversary of William Reilly's veto of Colorado's proposed Two Forks dam, the continuing growth of Denver's sprawling suburbs leads some to worry that the dam might well be brought back to life.

Ed Marston Nov. 20, 2000 From the print edition

Sidebar

'The world would be different if not for the veto'

Denver Water Department head Hamlet 'Chips' Barry describes some of the lessons the city has learned from the Two Forks veto.

Ed Marston Nov. 20, 2000 From the print edition

'Where is the metro area going to get its water?'

Former Colo. Gov. Dick Lamm believes that the state's continuing population growth will make the Two Forks veto a temporary and Pyrrhic victory.

Ed Marston Nov. 20, 2000 From the print edition

'The suburbs have some bad choices'

Colorado River Water Conservation District head Eric Kuhn says the Denver suburbs have some difficult choices ahead in their quest for more water.

Ed Marston Nov. 20, 2000 From the print edition

Essays

Old West guns down growth initiatives

The writer offers a post-mortem on the defeat of anti-sprawl initiatives in Arizona and Colorado.

Mark Muro Essay Nov. 20, 2000 From the print edition

In Arizona's growth fight, advertising defined reality

Arizona's anti-growth Proposition 202 failed largely because its well-heeled opponents blanketed the airways with often inaccurate advertising.

Tony Davis Essay Nov. 20, 2000 From the print edition

Perspective

A 'most improbable scenerio' has come to pass

HCN's political columnist considers the recent, weird and not-quite-finished election, and suggests that if George Bush turns out to be the winner, he will have to govern from the middle, which could prove good news for the environment.

Jon Margolis Nov. 20, 2000 From the print edition

Heard Around the West

Heard around the West

SPAM & Tofurky; suggestions for Wyoming 'Survivor' show; good bumper stickers; singer/songwriter Greg Brown;

Betsy Marston Nov. 20, 2000 From the print edition

Dear Friends

David Brower: Remembering the Archdruid

Conservationists mourn the recent death of David Brower, former Sierra Club director, founder of Friends of the Earth and Earth Island Institute, and passionate fighter against dams and for the wild.

Bruce Hamilton Nov. 20, 2000 From the print edition

News

Voters pummel planning, ban new elk farms

Among the Western election results highlighted are the failure of anti-sprawl initiatives in Colorado and Arizona, a ban on game farms in Montana, and legislative races in Montana, Idaho, Utah and Colorado.

Michelle Nijhuis Nov. 20, 2000 From the print edition

Hear that whistle blowin'

Citizens of Creede, Colo., a small historic mining town, are split over businessman Don Shank's plans to run a tourist train from South park to Creede on Union Pacific's abandoned tracks.

Tim Sullivan Nov. 20, 2000 From the print edition

A desert state axes water planning

Nevada conservationists are stunned by the recent dismantling of the state's Division of Water Planning, largely due to ranchers, miners and rural officials who resented the recommendations of its recently revised state water plan.

Jane Braxton Little Nov. 20, 2000 From the print edition

The latest bounce

Vermilion Cliffs is a new mounument in Ariz.; Forest Service can buy land in Colorado's Red Mountain Mining District; NFS to buy land in Wash. from Plum Creek Timber Co.

Rebecca Clarren Nov. 20, 2000 From the print edition

Anchors away?

A committee of rock climbers, wilderness advocates, Forest Service officials and others is at a stalemate on the question of whether permanent climbing anchors should be allowed in wilderness areas.

Tim Sullivan Nov. 20, 2000 From the print edition

From nuclear fuel to nature trails

Oregon may set a precedent with its planned transformation of the defunct Trojan nuclear power plant into a state park.

Martin John Brown Nov. 20, 2000 From the print edition

On the phone, on the Rez

Wireless phones have become popular among the rural residents of the Southwest's sprawling Navajo Reservation.