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Drought cost California’s ag industry $1.1 billion last year, UC Merced researchers say

By Zach Altman | April 1, 2022

A new report led by UC Merced researchers estimates California’s drought cost the state’s agriculture sector about $1.1 billion and nearly 8,750 full- and part-time jobs last year.

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Water availability, regs spur farmland value chasm

By Zach Altman | March 29, 2022

It took a few years, but ag land values in California now reflect action taken by legislators eight years ago to pass the state’s landmark groundwater law. A growing chasm…

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Colorado hits a “hard pause” on water demand management as it waits for other states to catch up

By Zach Altman | March 25, 2022

Colorado is taking a “hard pause” on investigating the viability of demand management, a program that would allow the state to pay water users to temporarily and voluntarily conserve water…

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Forest Service interactive map spotlights connection between water and ANF

By Zach Altman | March 22, 2022

Have you ever wondered where your drinking water comes from? To help land managers and the public understand where their water comes from and what affects it, the USDA Forest…

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Drought amplifies beetle damage to Colorado’s forests

By Zach Altman | March 17, 2022

Insects and drought are taking an increasing toll on Colorado’s forests, challenging the long-term sustainability and resiliency of the state’s roughly 24.5 million acres of forest, a new report says.

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Race to the bottom: How big business took over Oregon’s first protected aquifer

By Zach Altman | March 16, 2022

In Malheur County’s Cow Valley, state regulators have ignored known issues with overpumping groundwater, leaving the region at risk of economic and ecological damage that will be difficult to reverse.

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Size of drought in US increased by the area of California in the past month

By Zach Altman | March 10, 2022

More than 61% of the contiguous US is in some classification of drought this week, according to the US Drought Monitor.

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Leaks are a missed opportunity for water savings

By Zach Altman | March 10, 2022

Before a drop of treated water in California ever reaches a consumer’s faucet, about 8% of it has already been wasted due to leaks in the delivery system. Nationally, the…

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NM Supreme Court throws out stream certification rule

By Louis Wertz | March 1, 2022

The New Mexico Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed that a Game Commission rule that allows landowners to restrict access to water that flowed through private property is unconstitutional. The ruling…

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Arizona governor outlines plan to boost water supplies

By Zach Altman | February 25, 2022

Arizona Governor Ducey and a top leader in the state Legislature recently filled in a key part of a developing plan to boost the desert state’s increasingly strained water supply.…

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  • WLA’s statement on New Mexico Supreme Court’s ruling in stream certification case
  • WLA’s statement on removal of Jeremy Vesbach from NM Game & Fish Commission
  • New film highlights how the future of conservation depends on collaboration with private, working lands
  • Farmers, ranchers, landowners, guides and sportsmen form coalition to defend New Mexico’s private lands elk hunting program

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