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Drownings in Rio Grande: They're 'ditch riders' by trade but often find migrant bodies
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoEditor’s note: This story contains reporting that some readers may find disturbing. Robert Rios...
Historic irrigation canals that watered the valley's origins and gave kids unsanctioned swim holes...
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOct. 17—Irrigation canals once stretched for miles across the Spokane Valley. Scattered remnants still can be found. In the late 1890s, separate projects began to open the flow of lake and river ...
Colorado River would be in better shape if we followed these old Spanish rules
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe water rule that governs the current division of Colorado River waters is called prior...
1 dies, 7 hurt as SUV falls into El Paso Upper Valley ditch; migrant smuggling suspected
The El Paso Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOne person died and several others were injured after an SUV suspected of smuggling undocumented...
How much water can $200M help save? State agency sifts through dozens of project ideas
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFunding for water conservation projects in Arizona is starting to flow. Where it goes is the subject...
Salted earth at the tail of the Rio Grande’s snowmelt
Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis story was originally published by Source New Mexico. EL PASO, Texas - The Rio Grande is...
The historic claims that put a few California farming families first in line for Colorado River...
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 7 months agoCraig Elmore’s family history is the stuff of Westerns. His grandfather, John Elmore, a poor son of...
Residents complain about 'prison-style' fence behind their homes. Here's what we know
The Coloradoan via Yahoo News· 10 months agoUPDATE, 10:06 a.m. Aug. 18: The barbed wire portion of the fence was removed Thursday. ORIGINAL...
NYWD irrigation customers left dry: South Feather offers to supply water as NYWD stalls
Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 1—In a continued pattern of apparent mismanagement and what critics call a complete disregard for its customers, North Yuba Water District was presented with a plan by other water agencies ...
How concrete and 250 acres can help save the Great Salt Lake
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Great Salt Lake is in great trouble. The birds do not know that, however, and have returned with...