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Tobyn Pilot took a few crunchy footsteps through the rough red dirt near the edge of a towering cliff. Pilot, an operator at the water plant in Page,…
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The federal government wants the ability to restrict the amount of water released from the nation’s largest reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, in 2023…
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The federal government is designating $4 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act for drought mitigation work in the Colorado River basin. On Wednesday,…
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In central Nevada, on the edges of the small town of Eureka, farm fields unfold for miles between the Sulphur Spring Range and Diamond Mountains. Green…
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Ongoing warming in the Southwest has bottomed out major reservoirs on the Colorado River and raised alarms among cities and farms that rely on the water.…
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Water agencies in southern California announced a new agreement to voluntarily cut back on their total water from the Colorado River use by 9%. The deal…
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Lake Mead’s receding water levels haven’t reduced Las Vegas visitation overall. But the outdoor recreation sector may not be so lucky
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Human-caused climate change is putting the squeeze on Mojave Desert species
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In a midterm campaign season dominated by inflation, abortion and crime, there’s another issue that is becoming more urgent in Western states: drought.The…
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Only a few miles from the Las Vegas Strip, in the Mojave Desert, is an unlikely scene: A county park with walking trails and thick vegetation that circles…