The Southern Nevada Water Authority is speaking out about how it believes the Southwest can save Lake Mead and hundreds of billions of gallons of water every year, submitting its ideas to the Bureau of Reclamation.
Biden signed legislation giving leasing authority to the Colorado River Indian Tribes, whose reservation tracks its namesake on the Arizona-California border.
It’s the first such designation in Arizona in four decades — highlighting struggles as water supplies dwindle and tensions grow between farmers and cities.
Sarah Porter, director of Arizona State University’s Kyl Center for Water Policy, says it won’t pain farmers and shouldn’t impact the city’s water supply whatsoever.
Scientists have discovered that desperate coyotes have resorted to eating the endangered desert tortoise for food, as the drought has led to the decline of other animals that are typical fare for the predator.
The public has until Dec. 20 to weigh in on three options that seek to keep Lake Mead and Lake Powell from dropping so low they couldn’t produce power or provide the water that seven Western states, Mexico and tribes have relied on for decades.
“With the Colorado River situation worsening, we need Board members who will be engaged and committed to protecting this vital water supply and infrastructure."
While Lake Mead’s water levels are currently the lowest it has ever been, less than 40 years ago, the lake was overflowing into the spillways at Hoover Dam.
A father and son have been documenting their daily discoveries from the receding waters of Lake Mead, and their finds have captivated millions of people across the world.
Receding waters of Lake Mead National Recreation Area have revealed the skeletal remains of two people along with countless desiccated fish and what has become a graveyard of forgotten and stranded watercraft.
It’s over 100 miles long and at its depths more than 1,000 feet, Lake Mead leaves decades of secrets below its surface.One of the most disturbing was discovered in early May.
New prediction models show most of Arizona can expect an above-average chance of warmer temperatures for the rest of spring 2022. We could see active monsoon storms this Summer.
The west the largest portion of the country in a state of drought since 2012, the year when the continental US saw an all-time record of 65% during September
For the first time since it was filled more than 50 years ago, Lake Powell, the second-largest reservoir in the country, is projected to dip past a critical threshold, threatening water supplies in Arizona.
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