Costs of buying hay high in extreme drought year of 2020 By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism The results of a...
by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Southern California has agreed to conserve enough water in Lake Mead to support upwards of...
From the Department of the Interior: The Biden-Harris administration today announced an agreement with the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) that will conserve approximately 100,000 acre-feet of water in Lake Mead in 2023. The agreement includes approximately $77.6 million in new...
by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current A new national climate assessment paints a dismal picture of the Southwest over the next...
A deal between formerly warring parties could generate more water supplies in the drying West. By Mackenzie Elmer, Voice of...
by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current For the next three months, climate scientists say Nevada can expect warmer winter temperatures and above average rain. Unusually warm waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean this year have created an El Niño weather pattern ...
Arizona and other states have agreed to use considerably less water from the river through 2026, thanks in part to...
Difficult choices loom as climate change reduces water flows By David Danelski The Colorado River is a lifeblood for the...
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...
by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current A robust water year for the Colorado River has given states that rely on the...
CAL MATTERS: Western States’ planned water cuts are enough to avert a Colorado River crisis, for now
Wet weather and planned cuts by California, Arizona and Nevada averted declines that could have threatened water deliveries and power...
Funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda and voluntary water conservation commitments will save 3-million-acre feet of water through 2026 From the Department of Interior: The Biden-Harris administration today announced next steps in the Administration’s efforts to protect the...
Process to develop future guidelines and strategies leverages historic investments from President’s Investing in America agenda From the Bureau of...
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by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Summer monsoons in the Southwest are difficult to forecast with total accuracy, but the future of the temperamental rainstorms under climate change is an even bigger mystery. The North American Monsoon, a regional weather system...