In Kansas, Water Is ‘More Precious Than Gold’

National Public Radio: Imagine enough water to fill a couple of Great Lakes, but spread under some of the driest parts of eight Western states. That was the High Plains Aquifer 60 years ago. But now, Nate Pike, whose been riding the dry rolling ranch lands south of Dodge City, Kan., for most of his 80 years, can't even go fishing at his favorite spring called St. Jacob's Well. "And that thing had a lot of water in it. It never went down, never changed," he says. "But as you can see now, I can't believe I can't see......

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