Crime of sugar 11 Aug 2013 | 02:28 am

What a perfect world it would be if a 10-year-old could eat a dinner consisting entirely of sugar. A small memoir of a failed quest.

No place for a turtle 6 Aug 2013 | 04:59 am

Translocation has become the de facto policy of the US Fish and Wildlife Service to manage the threatened desert tortoise in the Mojave. The problem is: Nobody knows if the land turtles can survive it...

High good, low bad: Mead in July 2013 1 Aug 2013 | 07:59 am

Steadily falling elevations of Lake Mead, the largest storage reservoir in the West, reinforce the need for Western cities to emphasize conservation as a source of "new" water.

My balls are real 23 Jul 2013 | 11:55 am

A walk in the park produced two very rare baseballs. That the Lou Gehrig and Vic Willis signatures were forgeries didn't make them any less rare for an avid collector of lost Little League balls.

High good, low bad: Mead in June 2013 3 Jul 2013 | 06:06 am

Lake Mead's a little less than half full but enough about the Southwest and its talent for running down its reservoirs. Things are looking interesting with storm water harvesting in Seattle.

The mayor’s record on water conservation 20 Jun 2013 | 12:07 pm

The water conservation achievements of LA's outgoing mayor have been the subject of hyperbole, however there have been impressive savings. Since 2007, water consumption in the City of Angeles has drop...

High good, low bad: Mead in May 2013 1 Jun 2013 | 11:43 pm

Washing machine rebates as temporary salvos are being funded for Southern California after a less than ample water year on the Colorado River and in other Western watersheds.

High good, low bad: Mead in April 2013 2 May 2013 | 11:15 pm

Lake Mead dropped nearly five and a half feet in April, 2013.

Spring 2013 19 Apr 2013 | 08:37 am

Colorado “most endangered” American river 17 Apr 2013 | 11:27 am

The Colorado tops 2013 "most endangered" list from American Rivers