A 1965 Bureau of Reclamation booklet declaimed the glories
of building Glen Canyon Dam.
Water

Plaintiffs invoke the public trust doctrine to restore the lake to a healthy level.

Failures to assess risks to Colorado River and ‘numerous NEPA violations’ in project’s impact analysis highlighted.

Tribes and environmental justice groups say management of the Delta harms traditional food systems and causes pollution.
New Commissioner of Reclamation Dan Beard seeks to make
his agency more environmentally sensitive.
Environmental groups seek federal remedies to improve the
Snake River's flows.
Catfish farmer Don Campbell is one of many Idaho farmers
who want to help restore the Snake River.
Overpumping has drained Idaho's Snake River acquifer until
rivers like the Big Lost run dry.
Uncontrolled growth and the relocation of Intel
Corporation to Albuquerque force the city to re-elvaluate its water
policy.
The controversial Homestake II water project is
defeated.
Horses are banned from acequia because of pollution
problems.
BuRec backs off from water-spreading reforms.
A former rafting guide is among eight men indicted for
dynamiting Arizona's Quartzite Falls.
Los Angeles is forced to start returning water to the Owen
River Gorge.
After the defeat of the proposed Two Forks Dam, Colorado
water policy changes radically.
A brief guide to groups involved in water-spreading
issues.
Findings of Nevada Water Forums are published.
Babbitt thwarts hydroelectric project in Klamath Falls
when he declares an 11-mile stretch of the Klamath a National
Scenic River.
Chip Rawlins reviews A View of the River by Luna
Leopold.
The Environmental Defense Fund wants to protect the
Colorado River Basin.
EPA may grant special protection to an aquifer in eastern
Washington and Western Idaho as "sole source" of drinking water for
the area.
Nevada State Division of Water Planning drafts new policy
to guide water-planning decisions.
David Bolling's book How to Save a River offers advice to
activists.
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