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IEEE Spectrum June 2010 Adee & Moore |
In the American Southwest, the Energy Problem Is Water Energy producers on the Colorado River are struggling |
Mother Jones December 2000 Bill Donahue |
The Same River Twice It's been a horror movie set, a sewer, a flood control ditch. Now environmentalists, and some politicians, are pushing a novel idea: They want to turn the Los Angeles River into... a river... |
Outside June 2004 Mark Sundeen |
Dry Run on the River of Sorrows The Dolores used to be one of the mightiest whitewater rivers in the West. Then politics and dry weather got in the way. But neither drought nor dam nor partisan bickering can stop the author from floating (and walking and driving) the entire course of the Rio de Nuestra Senora de los Dolores. |
Real Travel Adventures April 2007 Bart Allen Berry |
Kayak Fishing and Osama Bin Laden Kayaks have become so versatile that you can surf it, tour on the open sea or any estuary or river mouth with 6 inches of water and you can paddle out to sea wherever the fish are. |
Outside April 2009 Wells Tower |
The Tuber Having constructed the greatest flotation device mankind has ever known, the author embarks on an ill-conceived, possibly insane crossing of alligator-infested north Florida. |
Outside December 2001 Peter Heller |
Pourover Somewhere at the bottom of the deepest canyon on earth flows the Cotahuasi� -- a long, roiling ribbon of whitewater, a river so old and dangerous that you never master it, you just surrender to it. And pay respect to its ghosts... |
High on Adventure April 2007 Lee Juillerat |
Traveling the Rogue From the Cascades to the Ocean The Rogue River is a magical river in Southern Oregon's Cascades. |
High on Adventure June 2006 Lee Juillerat |
Sunshine, Sand and Solitude Kicking back along the beaches of lower Baja California. |
Outside August 2003 Misty Blakesley |
Ecotourism Adventure Travel - Water in the Balance Water issues chronically become water wars. Here are some collisions in progress--from bang-ups over how to divide spoils to clashes over big cleanups--that need to be resolved in the years ahead. |
Outside April 2007 |
Tapped This report introduces you to the water heroes who are reversing the water crisis woes and showing us how to keep the planet afloat. |
BusinessWeek June 9, 2011 Peter Heller |
The Mississippi River Flood and the Katrina Risk New Orleans and Baton Rouge are one breached levee away from Katrina-like devastation. Can the Army Corps of Engineers save them? |
Outside July 2003 |
Land o' the Free Our ten favorite stretches of American blacktop come with all the essential summer pleasures. So pick your pavement and go. |
Real Travel Adventures February 2007 Linda Ballou |
Slow Blowing Dream Coming home to Alaska's unrivaled beauty |
Wired September 2002 Jeff Howe |
The Great Thirst Drought and disease threaten to set off a water war in volatile Central Asia. US scientists are fighting back with a data-crunching system that could pump fresh hope into the region. Call it the New Hydronomy. |
Outside July 2008 Kevin Fedarko |
They Call Me Groover Boy The author's life at the helm of a Colorado River latrine raft. |
Smithsonian September 2007 Whitney Dangerfield |
Snapshot: Yangtze River A virtual vacation along China's mighty waterway. |
Finefishing Saltwater Louis Bignami |
Consider The Coast Summer finds many casual fishermen hanging up their gear until Memorial Day. Such seems a shame. But the best, the closest and the least crowded action all year lurks as close as the coast all over America.... |
High on Adventure October 2007 Vicki Andersen |
Life Along the Rio la Pasion Located in the western lowlands region of northern Guatemala, the River of Passion flows in a sinuous and westward advance. |
Science News September 16, 2006 Janet Raloff |
Sea Turtles--What Not To Eat Wildlife scientists hope to reduce widespread consumption of sea turtle meat and other products by pointing out the health risks they pose. |
Smithsonian March 2007 Sam Hooper Samuels |
Curtains for the Pallid Sturgeon Can biologists breed the "Dinosaurs of the Missouri" fast enough to stave off their extinction? |
Outside April 2006 |
Adrenaline Nation Secret instructions on how to plot an escape from your hardwired grind to wide-open adventure in North America. |
Finefishing Fresh Water Andy Hahn |
Whiskered Warriors of the Amazon Catfish on the Araguaia River. |
Finefishing Saltwater Bill Vanderford |
Summer Trout Summer Trout Along The Georgia Coast |
Wired May 2004 Charles C. Mann |
The Bluewater Revolution The oceans of the world are being overfished. The solution: roaming robots that bring fish farming to the open seas. Aquaculture moves into deeper water. |
Outside November 2001 Tim Cahill |
Floating the Mighty Free and Easy A flotilla of stouthearted men and women confronts hissing snakes, weird rocks, flat water, and the greatest mud in the west; or, What I Did on my Summer Vacation... |
Geotimes May 2004 Lisa Robert |
Hijacking the Rio Grande: Aquifer Mining in an Arid River Basin A major dilemma for the modern Southwest: a choice between a future driven by rampant growth or by an obligation to hydrologic reality. |
Popular Mechanics February 2006 Susan Tweit |
Can't We Just Blow It Up? The world's biggest dam removal will return Washington's Elwha River to its free-flowing state. But the colossal three-year project proves there's a lot more to deconstruction than tons of TNT. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2003 Ross Purnell |
Fly Fishing the Roaring Fork What you need to know about a fly fishing vacation in one of the American West's most fertile rivers. |
BusinessWeek May 25, 2011 Duane Stanford |
Trade Slows as the Mississippi River Floods Delivery times for shipments of grain and other valuable commodities are slowing as floods raise the level of the Mississippi. |
Finefishing Saltwater Frank Daignault |
Your Big Striper Many striper fishers that I talk to voice concern for their chances of catching a truly big striper, say something over 35 pounds. Theirs is a frustration which springs from nights of endless short stripers.... |
Popular Mechanics November 2008 Michael Milstein |
6 Radical Solutions for U.S. Southwest's Peak Water Problem Increased usage and years of drought are diminishing the Colorado River's flow. States that rely on that water are forming strategies to deal with the problem. |
National Defense September 2009 Stew Magnuson |
Plans Under Way to Beef Up Porous Northern Border The northern border between the U.S. and Canada has its own set of issues in that the smuggling and drug trafficking is bi-directional. The administration intend to beef up security along this border. |
Finefishing Saltwater Louis Bignami |
Easy, Affordable Hawaiian Fishing Fishing Hawaii on a budget... |
Real Travel Adventures February 2006 Janice Lovelace |
Eagles Soar A great place to find Bald Eagles in the winter is to head to northern Washington state, to the Nooksack River valley and the Skagit River valley. |
Outside April 2009 Ian Frazier |
Who's Your Daddy? Pay attention, young adventurers -- school's in session |
Finefishing Saltwater Louis Bignami |
Heavyweight Fishing Records The search for record fish builds harbors, moves fishing boats from America to Central America and would probably exhaust the budget of Costa Rica... |
Smithsonian October 2005 Joshua Hammer |
The Dying of the Dead Sea The ancient salt sea is the site of a looming environmental catastrophe. |