Salmon: Continuity for a culture

Although history has driven a wedge between the people of Washington’s Warm Springs Reservation and their ancestral home, the Columbia River still flows through their lives in significant ways. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.19/download-entire-issue

Will just enough be done — by increasing the number of fish hatcheries, by limiting logging, and by rationing the fishtake — to keep the salmon runs marginally alive? Or will more far-reaching steps be taken to bring back the spirit, as well as the fish, of the good old days? Download entire issue to […]

The author describes the natural history of the region, and then tells how the river has been reworked to provide kilowatts, acre-feet, a route for barges into Idaho and other goods of the modern age. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.19/download-entire-issue

The authors follow a young salmon, or smolt, from its spawning place in the high country downstream, past innumerable physical and bureaucratic barriers, to the ocean. (To read the full text, click on the “View a PDF from the original” link below, or download a PDF of the entire issue: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.19/download-entire-issue) This article appeared in […]

A water deal between California’s Imperial Irrigation District and the Metropolitan Water District was to bring water marketing of age. Instead, it has revealed the pitfalls that lie in the path of water marketing. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.18/download-entire-issue

Western water once existed in a protected world unto itself, made up of complex laws and regulations, tight political alliances, bureaucracies and massive federal subsidies. But now it is subject to real world forces, making it understandable. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.18/download-entire-issue

The Army Corps of Engineers, with its national constituency, appears to have found a strategy for survival. The Bureau of Reclamation, with its 17-state Western constituency, may be on its way to being outdated. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.18/download-entire-issue

As grizzly bears cause trouble for ranchers near Choteau, Mont., a father and son see the issue differently. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.17/download-entire-issue

The collapse of the Wolf Creek Pass ski resort snares 80 partnerships, 800 investors, $65 million in partnership capital and $170 million in real estate. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.16/download-entire-issue

A federal sting stirs up Blanding, Utah, which lies in one of the richest archaeological regions in the United States. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.15/download-entire-issue

Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to close the Phelps Dodge copper smelter in Douglas, Ariz., will reduce acid rain in mountain lakes like those in Wyoming’s Wind River Range. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.14/download-entire-issue

The Colorado Trail — a Denver to Durango mountain path for hikers, horses and mountain bikes — is being built for a pittance by volunteers after a well-funded professional effort collapsed several years ago. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/18.14/download-entire-issue