By Lois Henry, SJV Water The drama was high on the Tulare Lake bed Saturday as flood waters pushed some landowners to resort to heavy handed and, in one instance, illegal tactics, to try and keep their farm ground dry...
Twenty-three years of drought have dried up tourist dollars for Overton, Nevada. But some residents think the federal government bears some of the blame. By Bob Leal, Courthouse News Service With the water level on Lake Mead dropping each year,...
By Dan McEvoy, Desert Research Institute After three years of extreme drought, the Western U.S. is finally getting a break. Mountain ranges are covered in deep snow, and water reservoirs in many areas are filling up following a series of...
Out of the arid American Southwest is a case headed to the Supreme Court dealing with the hottest commodity in the region: water. By Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse News Service The fight for water in the West heads to the Supreme...
[cmtoc_table_of_contents] Integrating the social sciences into environmental science and management in the Delta can contribute to a better understanding of...
by Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline Read more Stateline coverage of how communities across the West are grappling with drought that’s worsening because of...
As storms get warmer and wetter, the state’s flood control system is struggling to keep up. By Jake Bittle, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. California is no stranger to big...
