By Robert Glennon, University of Arizona The U.S. government announced its first-ever water shortage declaration for the Colorado River on Aug. 16, 2021, triggering future cuts in the amount of water states will be allowed to draw from the river. The...
Because of the confluence of relatively recent water rights settlements and a looming shortage of Colorado River water, tribes like the Tohono O’odham Nation and Gila River Indian Community — which hold the two largest tribal allocations of river water...
By Christine Souza, Ag Alert Organic farmer Al Courchesne of Frog Hollow Farm in Brentwood walks through rows of his aromatic stone fruit orchard, showing off sweet nectarines that thrive in the microclimate and rich soils in his corner of...
By Byrhonda Lyons, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Known for its starry skies, Joshua Trees and 100-plus-degree heat, California’s vast desert has recently become a hotbed of something else: thieves stealing California’s...
By Alastair Bland, Cal Matters Water plays a lead role in the state’s political theater, with Democrats and Republicans polarized, farmers often fighting environmentalists and cities pitted against rural communities. Rivers are overallocated through sloppy water accounting. Groundwater has dwindled...
