Crowley County Combined Library

This is the story of a boy growing up in a small farming community on the eastern plains of Colorado. Although he had hopes of becoming a farmer like his parents, he went on to earn his PhD in Agronomy/Biochemistry and spent much of his career helping subsistence farmers in the dry regions of the world improve crop yields. His life took many twists and turns along the way, as he followed his passions in farming, science and later country music. Filled...

"Water in the 21st-Century West offers a timely look at the central issue facing the American West - the region's diminishing water supply. It collects the best reporting on the subject, drawn from the pages of High Country News, the newspaper that sets the standard for coverage of environmental issues in the West." "This book provides compelling perspectives on the water issues and controversies that roil the region, from the Pacific Northwest to...

"Tells the story of the threats to the Colorado River through heartening character vignettes that reveal a new water ethic and 21st century solutions." --Container.

When an energy company begins searching for natural gas, a multicultural alliance -- including members of the Mi'kmaq Elsipogtog First Nation, Acadians, and English-speaking families--unite to drive out the company in a campaign to protect their water and way of life.