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New Mexico makes it easier for public to comment

New Mexico's Environment Department has made public commenting much easier, launching an easy-to-use web portal.

Looking Deep: California deploys AEM to view groundwater tables

Using AEM, a helicopter-based technology, California is learning more about its groundwater. So far, it has collected data on 85% of its initial study area that includes about one hundred groundwater...

Arizona senate okays $1 billion for water projects

Desalinating water from the Sea of Cortez is an option for Arizona under the recently approved $1 billion in funding for water projects. The state's Water Infrastructure Finance Authority will...

Interactive map of Arizona water data now available

ASU's Kyl Center for Water Policy, in collaboration with hundreds of experts, has created the Arizona Water Blueprint. Professionals and laypeople alike are invited to learn how to use the...

California announces drought relief funding, conservation stressed

Faced with worsening drought conditions, California's Department of Water Resources announced funding for 44 drought relief projects. Aimed primarily at underrepresented and Tribal communities, the...

Leave it to beavers, the climate change resistance force

A recent scientific paper proposes that beavers can aid the West in dealing with climate change, and its resulting drought and wildfire problems.

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