by Luke Runyon | Apr 11, 2023 | Environment
Record low levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell prompted the federal government to look at how it might impose cuts to keep hydropower generation going at the nation’s largest reservoirs.
by Caitlin Tan | Mar 15, 2023 | Environment
State officials say the harsh winter is affecting wildlife’s ability to forage for food.
by Catherine Wheeler | Oct 30, 2020 | Environment, Wildfires
Wildfires and drought are hitting the Mountain West especially hard this year. But fires don’t just burn in forests, so researchers are looking at solutions to keep grassland fires in check.
by Luke Runyon | Feb 24, 2020 | Environment, News, Politics & Policy
Coal-fired power plants are closing, or being given firm deadlines for closure, across the country. In the Western states that make up the over-allocated and drought-plagued Colorado River, these facilities use a significant amount of the region’s scarce water...
by Luke Runyon | Jan 2, 2020 | Environment, News, Politics & Policy
With short-term drought plans finished, water managers from across the Southwest recently gathered in Las Vegas to figure out what’s next. The Colorado River Water Users Association annual conference brings together nearly every municipal water agency, irrigation...