A recent scientific paper proposes that beavers can aid the West in dealing with climate change, and its resulting drought and wildfire problems.
Category: News: Understanding Water Shortages & Drought Impacts in the West
The Colorado River Basin states have 60 days to come up with a plan to save water, or else the Bureau of Reclamation will take unilateral action.
Groundwater management plan approved by Nevada Supreme Court
Citing over-appropriation, the Diamond Valley Groundwater Management Plan was upheld by the Nevada Supreme Court. Even senior right holders will see a reduction in the amount of groundwater they are...
Conservation groups funded to help diffuse Utah’s environmental bomb
The Great Salt Lake is shrinking, with about two-thirds of it gone. The loss of water and dry lake bed, which is a source of toxic dust, and has been characterized as "an environmental nuclear bomb"...
Hearing before Senate committee weighs food on drought scale
Looking for solutions, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on the drought situation in the west, with witnesses expressing the urgency of the crisis that is affecting...
Drought unmatched: The slow-motion train wreck is speeding up.
Scientists working with the federal government have characterized the drought in the Colorado River basin as extremely severe, studying variables dating back 2,000 years. Water shortages are...