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Drying of the West

January 22, 2008 /

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The American West was won by water management. What happens when there’s no water left to manage?

Full Story: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/2008-02/drying-west/kunzig-text.html

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In Yellowstone, drought’s effects startling, subtle

By MIKE STARK
Of The Gazette Staff

During Glenn Plumb’s first summer here in 1999, he stopped at a small lake east of Mammoth Hot Springs and watched in wonder as a moose, standing in water up to its withers, munched on submerged plants.

"I was blown away," said Plumb, a biologist who is now chief of Yellowstone’s natural resource branch.

The roadside lake has since dried up and disappeared along with the trumpeter swans and other animals that made the watering hole a regular stop.

No wonder it’s called Phantom Lake.

Full Story: http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/01/22/news/state/21-yellowstone.txt

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