EDITORIAL: Bringing Irrigation to Red Mountain
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By Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Feb. 19--Bringing irrigation water to Red Mountain is more than just a pipe dream. It's a plan, although not one that people know much about so far.   The Kennewick Irrigation District only recently unveiled the proposal.
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A mining practice that takes the tops off mountains has destroyed not only the scenery, activists say, but also the water supply for people living in Appalachia. The Department of the Interior considers a new rule that would pave the way for more mountaintop mining.
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By Melissa Mcever, The Brownsville Herald, Texas  Feb. 18--Before water even starts its journey from the headwaters of the Rio Grande to the Gulf of Mexico, it's already spoken for.   Every drop of the Rio Grande belongs to a city, an irrigation district, an industry, a landowner.
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By The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Feb. 9--A tributary to two major Arizona waterways will be protected from development and groundwater pumping because a Tucsonan donated a major ranch to The Nature Conservancy.
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By Linda Golz, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Feb. 12--The fight over access to water in southern Medina County has been waged for years.
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By Jared Paben, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Jun. 2--There's not enough water on Squalicum Mountain to serve a substantial number of homes, and drilling more wells for new houses may rob existing houses of water, a Whatcom County geologist told county officials.
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By Henry Brean  By HENRY BREAN  REVIEW-JOURNAL  If this whole water thing doesn't work out, officials from the Southern Nevada Water Authority could make a go of it in the alfalfa market.
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By Cathy Locke, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Feb. 1--El Dorado Irrigation District officials expressed interest in partnering with El Dorado County to develop a regional habitat conservation plan that could streamline the environmental review process for both agencies.
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By JAN BARRY, STAFF WRITER  If you've got something to say about the future of North Jersey's water-generating lands, the Highlands Council is scheduling extra time for you.
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By Betsy Z. Russell, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Feb. 16--BOISE -- Farmers on the Rathdrum Prairie won't be torching their fields this summer.
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By Arlene Martinez, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Jun. 26--When Jerry McAward joined the staff of Pocono Whitewater Adventures 20 years ago, the discussion on how to best utilize the Francis E. Walter Dam had already started.
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By Marc Benjamin, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Dec. 11--With water wells running dry and well contamination reported in some areas, Fresno County is working to secure rights to 5,000 acre-feet of water each year.
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By Margie Wood, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 18--The Red Creek Land Co. is nearing completion of plans for a cluster development of 90 home sites in the Turtle Buttes area east of Beulah.
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A tenth of the world&#39;s irrigated crops - everything from lettuce and tomatoes to mangoes and coconuts - are watered by sewage. And much of that sewage is raw and untreated, gushing direct from sewer pipes into fields at the fringes of the developing ...
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By David Hendee, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Jun. 2--The owner of Lake McConaughy turned up the heat Friday on upstream irrigation regulators to protect flows into the state's largest reservoir.  "Nebraska is on the verge of the worst natural resource disaster in the state's history.
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By the numbers: a snapshot of development's impact on water usage in the basin.
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By David Hendee, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Dec. 14--LINCOLN -- Water managers and irrigators in Nebraska's Republican River Valley will face gut-wrenching decisions in coming years if Gov. Dave Heineman carries out a new plan to prevent another legal clash with Kansas.