A new government study shows that Idaho’s Lake Coeur d’Alene is one of the most contaminated bodies of water in the world. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that 85 percent of the 50-square-mile lake bed is contaminated with 75 million metric tons of sediments containing silver, copper, lead, zinc, cadmium, mercury and arsenic. The contamination […]
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Posted inFebruary 7, 1994: Can she save ecosystems?
Northwest is asked to give up 18 dams
Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt has said he wants to blow up a dam. Andy Kerr of the Oregon Natural Resources Council aims higher: He wants 18 dams destroyed across Oregon, Idaho and Washington – a drastic measure intended to save salmon runs now teetering on the edge of extinction. “Many people believe dams are engineering […]
Posted inFebruary 7, 1994: Can she save ecosystems?
Damnable dams
Note: This article is a sidebar to one of this issue’s feature stories, Northwest is asked to give up 18 dams. The Oregon Natural Resources Council makes the case for eliminating 13 finished, one unfinished and four proposed dams. Historically, questions about dams have been limited to where dams should be built, but now the […]
Posted inFebruary 7, 1994: Can she save ecosystems?
Some dams self-destruct
Note: This article is a sidebar to one of this issue’s feature stories, Northwest is asked to give up 18 dams. The Oregon Natural Resource Council’s 18-dam “hit list” is already growing shorter. An Oregon irrigation district voted Jan. 5 to remove the Savage Rapids Dam on the Rogue River. “This is not the decision […]
Posted inJanuary 24, 1994: Turmoil on the range
Comment on curbing a dam
Comment on curbing a dam The Bureau of Reclamation will host a series of meetings and public hearings on the Glen Canyon Dam draft EIS from Jan. 27 through March 24. The Bureau will accept public comments until April 11. Information Meetings, 5-9 p.m., will be held in Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, at the Stouffer […]
Posted inJanuary 24, 1994: Turmoil on the range
Draft plan foresees a freer-flowing Colorado River
If a draft plan for managing the massive Glen Canyon Dam in northern Arizona gains final approval, the Colorado River could run through the Grand Canyon much as it did before dam-builders arrived there in 1963. The Glen Canyon draft EIS, released by the Bureau of Reclamation Jan. 6, would protect the canyon from the […]
Posted inDecember 27, 1993: Yellowstone
The Virgin River is the target
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline The Virgin River is the target.
Posted inDecember 27, 1993: Yellowstone
Use-it-or-lose-it dam draws fire
Wyoming tries to revive the Sandstone Dam project in order to reserve the state’s Colorado River water rights. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Use-it-or-lose-it dam draws fire.
Posted inDecember 13, 1993: Jack Ward Thomas: Hail to the chief
Montana’s disappearing wetlands
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Montana’s disappearing wetlands.
Posted inDecember 13, 1993: Jack Ward Thomas: Hail to the chief
Wetlands at a distance
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Wetlands at a distance.
Posted inNovember 29, 1993: Butte, Montana, seeks a new life
Group fights animus to Animas
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Group fights animus to Animas.
Posted inNovember 29, 1993: Butte, Montana, seeks a new life
Defunct refinery fouls Wyoming river
The Sierra Club charges that a Texaco oil refinery is polluting the North Platte River in Wyoming. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Defunct refinery fouls Wyoming river.
Posted inNovember 15, 1993: The decline and fall of salmon
Don’t drink the water
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Don’t drink the water.
Posted inOctober 4, 1993: Mining reform: Searching for common ground
In Utah, water grows on trees
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline In Utah, water grows on trees.
Posted inSeptember 20, 1993: Triumph, Idaho, to EPA: Get out
Tribes may take over Animas-La Plata
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Tribes may take over Animas-La Plata.
Posted inSeptember 20, 1993: Triumph, Idaho, to EPA: Get out
Pulling out of CAP
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Pulling out of CAP.
Posted inSeptember 20, 1993: Triumph, Idaho, to EPA: Get out
Two Utah counties flee water project
Two Utah counties, frustrated with the cost of the Central Utah Project, decide to pull out. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Two Utah counties flee water project.
Posted inAugust 9, 1993: Now dust is his crop, says Nevada rancher
Rancher joins coalition to fight ‘water grabs’
A wary rancher joins an environmental group after groundwater pumping dries his ranch. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Rancher joins coalition to fight ‘water grabs’.
Posted inAugust 9, 1993: Now dust is his crop, says Nevada rancher
Now dust is his crop, says Nevada rancher
Groundwater pumping dries Milt Thompson’s Diamond Valley Ranch. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Now dust is his crop, says Nevada rancher.
Posted inAugust 9, 1993: Now dust is his crop, says Nevada rancher
Can Dan Beard reclaim Reclamation?
A profile of Dan Beard, head of Bureau of Reclamation, shows his role within the Department of the Interior. To read this article, download this HCN issue in PDF format. This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Can Dan Beard reclaim Reclamation?.