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‘Some difficult news’: New threat emerges to Colorado River system
Las Vegas Review-Journal· 6 days agoThe dam is responsible for generating hydropower and releasing water stored in Lake Powell...
Can Diverting the Mississippi River Save the Drought-Stricken West? 5 Better Alternatives
247wallst.com· 5 hours agoIt only has about 100 feet to go before Hoover Dam will no longer be able to produce electricity for...
Here’s how off-road vehicles will soon be restricted in Glen Canyon
The Salt Lake Tribune· 7 hours agoVisitors have used motorized vehicles to experience the red rocks of Glen Canyon National Recreation...
Major Texas lake hits lowest water level in decades
Newsweek· 1 day agoDrought conditions have sunk a major Texas lake to its lowest water level since it was created in the 1960s. Canyon Lake, in Comal County, has plunged to...
Opinion: As the Colorado River has shrunk, we’ve born the burden. Now California, Nevada and Arizona...
Denver Post· 6 days agoIn recent days the states of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming submitted an alternative plan...
Problems with Glen Canyon Dam could jeopardize water flowing to Western states
Arizona Daily Sun· 5 days agoA new memo from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is raising concern about the infrastructure at the...
Death Valley has already received year's worth of rain
Newsweek· 7 days agoDeath Valley has received almost an inch more than its average annual rainfall despite there still...
Major freshwater lake hits record-breaking levels after years of chronic drought, but issues...
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 2 days agoLake Elsinore has dried up multiple times in the last century, and other lakes in the region have...
These are Arizona's top 10 lakes for boating — most are less than an hour from Phoenix
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 6 days agoLake Havasu contains parts of the historic...
Utah's reservoir system is close to last year's peak as snowmelt picks up
KSL Salt Lake City· 6 days agoUtah's reservoir system is back up to almost 85% — about one percentage point off of last year's...