Arizona and other states have agreed to use considerably less water from the river through 2026, thanks in part to a wet winter. By Wyatt Myskow, Inside Climate News Arizona’s future was at a critical juncture at the beginning of...
NOAA and its partners are implementing dozens of projects to benefit endangered Central California Coast coho salmon. By NOAA Fisheries The Office of Habitat Conservation’s Restoration Center has awarded an unprecedented $27.8 million to its California salmon restoration partners through...
A new study maps, for the first time, the permanent loss of aquifer storage capacity occurring globally From the Desert Research Institute: Global water resources are stretched by climate change and human population growth, and farms and cities are increasingly...
By Robin Meadows While marine heat waves are well known, a 2022 study was the first to document aquatic temperature spikes in rivers nationwide. Even river experts were surprised. “I’d never thought about it,” recalls Sarah Null, a Utah State...
By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert A consensus plan agreed to last spring by states in the Colorado River’s Lower Basin should keep sufficient water in the river’s key reservoirs for the next three years, according to a report released last...