California's Westlands irrigation district wants to blame the tiny and endangered Delta smelt for its water troubles, but the real culprit is simply long-term drought.
Magazine
January 11, 2010
California's Westlands irrigation district wants to blame a tiny endangered fish for its water troubles, but the real culprit is simply long-term drought.
Feature
Editor's Note
Western water agencies reluctantly confront the fact that there’s simply not enough water to go around.
Current
The EPA has failed to regulate the mercury discharged from cement plants like the one in Durkee, Ore.
Uncommon Westerners
How Tahoe National Forest fire chief Jeanne Pincha-Tulley rose to the top rank of Forest Service disaster management.
Essays
A New Mexico woman fights hunger by sending healthy snacks home with schoolchildren every Friday.
Book Reviews
Douglas Brinkley's magisterial The Wilderness Warrior describes how Teddy Roosevelt created the American West we love today.
Dear Friends
HCN sponsors a conference on energy development and environmental activism on the Hopi and Navajo reservations; visitors; planning; corrections.
Two Weeks in the West
Under Lisa Jackson, the Environmental Protection Agency swings into action, much to the dismay of ranchers and industry.
Evidence
Photos at the Center for Land Use Interpretation document Los Angeles's urban oil fields.
Letters
- A viral coyote-badger video demonstrates the incredible complexity of nature
- The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe reintroduces bighorn sheep on tribal lands
- Billionaires are changing communities and the wild in Wyoming
- Interior finalizes plans to welcome industry into Utah monuments
- Trump targets a bedrock environmental law
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