Members the Great Basin Water Network, including elected officials, Native tribes, businesses, ag interests and conservationists are calling for a moratorium on new water diversions that will further...
Category: News: Understanding Water Shortages & Drought Impacts in the West
NASA and ESA, the space agencies of the United States and Europe, have teamed up to address climate change, a growing global crisis.
Hot weather threatens endangered salmon; Calif. reservoirs low
California's endangered winter-run Chinook salmon could be cooked to death this fall because the Sacramento River is too hot. At the Klamath River, over a million juvenile fish have been relocated by...
Dehydration is a terrible way to die, says the head of Humane Borders which maintains water stations along migrant treks in the Sonoran Desert. Drought and heat are combining to inflict...
The Great Salt Lake is the largest saltwater lake in the Western hemisphere, but it is shrinking due to drought, climate change, and water diversions. It is expected to reach its lowest level in 170...
Large Scale Water Recycling Project Investment Act introduced
H.R. 4099, the Large Scale Water Recycling Project Investment Act, aims to establish multi-million dollar competitive grant program within the Department of the Interior for large-scale water...