The destruction of two dams on Washington's Elwha River
comes closer to reality after President Clinton allots $11 million
to the project.
Water
A new study suggests lower stream flows as a primary culprit.
As California mulls water storage, a new study adds nuance to cold-water conservation.
Tasked to map an enigmatic aquifer for future water management, scientists confront political and scientific uncertainty.
Despite the killing of fish by polluted water in Montana's
Clark Fork River, the EPA still says the removal of the toxic
mining sediments that caused the problem is not worth the
money.
The Seattle Audubon Society founds the Washington Wetland
Network, or WETNET, to help protect wetlands.
Oregon's devastating floods could be prevented by
restoring Willamette River wetlands and woodlands, study
says.
The valves at Glen Canyon Dam are opened so the Colorado
River can once again flood the Grand Canyon - and scientists, river
guides, and environmentalists begin to study the results.
The Idaho Land Board rejects a proposed dam on the Snake
River at Auger Falls.
Activist Yvan Rochon seeks removal of two dams on
Washington's Elwha River.
Former New Mexico State Engineer Eluid Martinez will
replace Dan Beard as commissioner of the Bureau of
Reclamation.
A controlled week-long flood through the Grand Canyon may
help restore some of the beaches, sandbars and humpback chub fish
harmed by Glen Canyon Dam.
A coalition of sportsmen, ranchers and environmentalists
called Montanans for Clean Water puts an initiative on the fall
ballot designed to toughen the state's water laws.
Winter rains flood Washington's Skokomish River valley and
environmentalists say the problem is exacerbated by logging, urban
sprawl, dams and other human impacts.
Courses in Applied Fluvial Geomorphology, Stream
Classification and Applications and River Assessment and Monitoring
are offered.
Artist Lester Dore's map of the plumbing of the Colorado
Basin is available as a poster.
Pueblo Bishop Arthur Tafoya agrees with the Catholic Human
Development Commission that the Animas-La Plata water project is
wasteful and destructive.
The Catholic Diocese of Pueblo, Colo., blasts the proposed
Animas-La Plata water project as an "environmental, economic and
social bungle."
Colorado Republican Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell seeks to
push ahead with dam construction on Animas-La Plata.
South Dakota withdraws from the Missouri River Basin
Association, claiming frustration with bureaucracy.
Grand Canyon River Guides puts out "boatman's quarterly
review."
Memories of the horrors of corporate water pollution
before environmental regulation prompt the author to warn Congress
against weakening the law.
"Climatic serendipity" is more likely to restore riparian
areas than human tinkering and the use of scare tactics.
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