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Researchers anticipate continued reprieve from drought for southwestern US
Courthouse News Service· 3 days ago“If there had been one more year of drought conditions, the water levels in Lake Powell would have...
Skip the Coast This Summer and Go to One of These Beautiful Lake Beaches Instead
AFAR· 8 hours agoThe calm waters of lake beaches are easier to kayak, canoe, and fish on, and they’re especially...
Colorado river water 'extremes' forecast by scientists
Newsweek· 7 days agoThe extremes of the Colorado river's water supply have been forecast over the next 25 years, and...
Damage to Glen Canyon Dam reveals vulnerabilities of the entire Colorado River system
The Salt Lake Tribune· 3 days agoAccording to the Bureau of Reclamation, a federal agency that owns and operates dams across the...
To avert potential water crisis, tunnels may be drilled through Arizona dam
Las Vegas Sun· 2 days agoThe U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will examine the possibility of drilling tunnels through Glen Canyon...
Why Colorado River basin states are split on long-term plan to manage its water
KSL Salt Lake City· 4 days agoLake Powell and Lake Mead should be managed in the long term and those discussions are expected to...
65 million-year-old cow relative looked like a chinchilla and weighed only a pound
Live Science via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoMilitocodon lydae, a mammal that looked like a chinchilla but is more closely related cows, roamed...
Roadside mussel inspection stations paying off
The Daily Sentinel· 7 days agoOn April 6, CPW’s Colorado Parks and Wildlife ANS staff intercepted a boat infested with quagga mussels at the eastbound Interstate 70 check station. The...
A new report lays out exactly how Colorado River is used. Will it change anything?
12 News KPNX· 7 days agoFor over a century, the Colorado River has been a political beast. Hydroelectric dams harness it to...
California drought map reveals good news
Newsweek· 6 days agoLast year, none of California was free from drought, and more than 16 percent of the state...USGS) most extreme classification. A wet winter and various storms throughout 2023 erased all of ...