Supported By Reclamation Funding, Crews Are Transforming a River Channel By Gary Pitzer, US Bureau of Reclamation Each weekday, big, yellow dump trucks loaded with tons of gravel lumber into the brisk, swift-moving waters at Sailor Bar on the Lower...
California will spend big bucks on beavers to try to boost their numbers and reap some of the benefits—including slowing wildfire—these ecosystem engineers can provide. After years of advocacy by beaver “believers,” the state has allocated funding for a beaver...
A standoff over shutting down ranchers’ pumps signals a flareup of water wars as California is gripped by seemingly endless drought. “To hell with it. We’re starting the pumps,” one Siskiyou County rancher said. By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters This...
The megadrought gripping the western states is only part of the problem. Alternative sources of water are also imperiled, and the nation’s food along with it. by Abrahm Lustgartenm Pro Publica ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up...
by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Nevada Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak called on states along the Colorado River and the federal government to do more to conserve water in response to a worsening drought in the West. On Wednesday, during a...
