ENVIRONMENT
Climate change knits energy and water policy together—a fact western states discover as reservoirs drop and rivers dwindle. The newly confirmed head of the Bureau, Michael Connor, steps into a job that no longer focuses on building dams, but now centers on river restoration and climate change adaptation.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Signing the Omnibus Public Land Management Act is only the first step in addressing the diverse and vexing challenges facing our 700 million-acre public land estate—the approximately one-third of our nation’s landscape owned in common by all Americans.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Federal legislation that would enhance the Environmental Protection Agency’s role in protecting our most valuable resource advances to the Senate.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Two new reports highlight impacts on western trout streams and propose constructive steps to take in response.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Support grows in Congress for a reprise of the 1973 National Water Commission. Studies are useful, but must lead to real change.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Fast-growing western states are making the link between land use and water management by taking a hard look at the reliability of water sources for new development.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
The Environmental Protection Agency identifies key steps to cope with the shrinking Rocky Mountain snow mass and subsequently depleted sources of water in the West.
Environmental Policy
Progressive thinking takes a new turn in western water management, as states across the region, in cooperation with federal agencies, act to fix damaged rivers, lakes, and wetlands.
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