Officials write about Colorado River pact affecting Arizona, California, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming. By Zachery Schmidt, The Center...
Environmental groups warn the proposal to change the definition of “waters of the United States” would eliminate crucial safeguards for “countless” bodies of water. By Aidan Hughes This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization...
Kelp once formed “underwater rainforests” on the California coast, but these fragile ecosystems have largely disappeared. At a marine lab near the Bay Area, scientists are trying to bring them back. By Carly Nairn, Courthouse News Service On a rainy...
Press release from Searles Valley Minerals As of Nov. 13, 2025, Searles Valley Minerals and the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority have agreed to a settlement of certain litigation with respect to the IWVGA’s Groundwater Sustainability Plan. However, the comprehensive...
The federal government often makes deadlines on the Colorado River, but — in recent years — rarely has enforced them. Negotiations among California and the six other basin states now will continue into next year, as Arizona ramps up the...
Basin states have had 2 years to figure out how to share the shrinking river. Will they get there before the feds step in? by Caitlin Ochs, High Country News On the day of a Nov. 11 federal deadline for...
