The Navajo tribe is asserting its right to Colorado River water for the 170,000 Indians who live on the reservation. Tribal government leaders say they are close to bringing water to their people, but some Navajos think the tribe is giving too much away.
Grist: How drought is reshaping California agriculture
In California’s Central Valley, chronic water shortage is changing the way farmers do business.
The Hupa Fish War
Three decades after fighting the outside world for its right to catch salmon,
a California tribe faces a new battle — at home.
California Dreamin’
Twenty years of wishful thinking have led the state straight into a dead end.
San Francisco Chronicle: Tough choice about California’s water future
In the grand Western tradition of fistfights down at the water hole, no fight has quite rivaled the one over the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The delta serves as a supersize water hole for more than 23 million people and several million acres of farms. Two gigantic batteries of pumps – with a combined power [...]
Last rites in salmon country?
On May 18, a federal judge relaxed protections for salmon in California. What will that mean for fishermen who are already facing a token season this year?