Travel & Outdoors
September 30, 1997
Sweating It Out
How I survived a course in desert survival.
Water
News & Politics
September 30, 1996
Rainpower
A rain windfall in the Hill Country
News & Politics
January 1, 1996
Water Grab
Why farmers and big-city folk are at war over water. Plus: Jane Nelson for comptroller?
News & Politics
August 31, 1995
Waterworld
Roberts County landowners are battling to save the Ogallala Aquifer—and what remains of their agrarian past.
Politics & Policy
May 31, 1992
Westward H2O
THE SHOCK WAVES ARE BEGINNING to be felt from the Texas Water Commission’s decision that the Edwards Aquifer is an underground river—meaning that surface owners can’t use its water without a permit. Another state agency, the Water Development Board, was quick to dust off the old idea of transferring water
Travel & Outdoors
April 1, 1992
My Underwater Self
From the YMCA pool to the ocean blue, I’ve always been at peace in the deep.
News & Politics
January 1, 1992
All’s Well?
Candelaria’s only well supplied free water to all until the EPA weighed in.
News & Politics
November 1, 1991
Water Rites
Trans-Pecos ranchers grapple with El Paso over the West’s most valuable resource.
News & Politics
February 1, 1991
More Precious Than Oil
Pipeline leaks, unplugged wells, toxic drilling materials, and a virtually unregulated oil industry are leaving a legacy of polluted groundwater.
Texas History
January 1, 1990
Texas Primer: The Windmill
But for this ever-so-practical invention, Texas history as we know it would be gone with the wind.
Business
December 1, 1988
The Battle of the Bubbles
One man’s obsession with kicking Perrier in the derriere.
News & Politics
November 1, 1988
This Water Is My Water
Cool, clear, and pure, it’s the bounty of the Edwards Aquifer, and if something isn’t done to limit pumping by Hill Country farmers and a thirsty San Antonio, it may also be dry.
Travel & Outdoors
July 1, 1988
The Meanest River
Yes, it’s muddy, it’s treacherous, and it smells bad enough to gag a skunk; but it’s also the only thing between us and Oklahoma.
Politics & Policy
April 30, 1988
Just Add Water
The issues in El Paso’s colonias are watery and grave.
Politics & Policy
October 1, 1985
When the Well Runs Dry
In parts of Texas drought is a steady boarder who may stray but always comes home for supper.
Art
July 1, 1985
105°
A photographic study on beating the heat.
Travel & Outdoors
June 1, 1985
Last One In . . .
When the summer heat starts to get to you, cool your heels by plunging into an icy green swimming hole.
News & Politics
September 30, 1984
Dust to Dust
The cattle are dying, the grass is gone, the ranchers are selling their land. The center of Texas is in a drought that may be the worst in a hundred years.
Being Texan
April 30, 1983
Texas Primer: The Water Tower
Sure it means water. It also means pride.