California's Mono Lake has been saved from Los Angeles'
thirst, but a new local battle is brewing over the water in the
lake's streams, and the question of how far to take restoration of
the area.
Water
After Southwestern states failed to cut a deal, the Interior Department took it easy on them.
A staggering percentage of stops by county deputies targeted Asian-American residents.
As the West burns, a bill aiming to prevent fires, bump firefighter’s pay and protect water resources passes the House.
The League of Women Voters plans to survey the public
about their knowledge of the causes of water pollution.
The Forest Service releases report recommending wild and
scenic designation for rivers in the Uinta National
Forest.
Those who remember and still mourn for drowned Glen Canyon
find new allies in the fight to destroy the dam and restore the
canyon.
A careful study of the history of the Colorado River Basin
and Glen Canyon Dam reveals that the hated dam may have had some
good consequences, saving the Upper Basin states from
overdevelopment and industrialization.
The proposal to drain Lake Powell is exhilarating because
of the debate it will inspire.
Washington Sen. Patty Murray seeks to protect the stretch
of the Columbia River that flows through the Hanford Nuclear
Reservation - known as the Hanford Reach - as a wild and scenic
river, but many locals object.
Other dams under consideration for possible destruction
include eight in Washington and Glen Canyon Dam in
Arizona.
California rice farmers decide to destroy salmon-blocking
dams in their Sacramento Valley irrigation district.
A report from the Oregon State University's Department of
Fisheries says salmon and river restoration needs to focus on
entire watersheds to succeed.
The Sierra Club's endorsement of draining Lake Powell
spurs controversy about dam deconstruction as well as the club's
decision-making policy and whether it was violated.
An attempt by the federal government to sell a small
irrigation project, the Collbran Project, to local water
conservancy districts runs into trouble because the public is not
consulted first.
The Forest Service wants to restore Oregon's Fish Creek,
damaged by logging, roadbuilding and landslides.
The Idaho Statesman goes out on a limb with editorials
suggesting that four dams on the Snake River - Lower Granite,
Little Goose, Lower Monumental and Ice Harbor - be torn down to
help the recovery of endangered salmon.
Two dams proposed for Utah's Uinta Mountains, which would
provide water and work for the Uintah Basin's Native Americans,
face environmental opposition.
A broken pipe in Utah's Flaming Gorge Dam creates a crisis
and harms a trout fishery downstream.
Rural elected officials order Los Angeles to stop
diverting 43 million gallons water a day from California's Owens
Lake.
Animas-La Plata backers unveil a leaner new version of the
proposed dam - A-LP "Lite" - but opponents still have plenty of
criticism.
PacifiCorp releases water from Grace Dam for two days, and
whitewater rapids roar down the Bear River through Grace,
Idaho.
A 10-mile stretch of lakes, creeks and a waterfall in
Lincoln County, Wash. - dry for a decade - come back to life this
spring as the drought ends.
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- Wildfire kills Klamath fish: ‘Everything that’s in there is dead.’
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