Water/Drought – Western Landowners Alliance

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.

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…

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…

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…

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.

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.

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

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…

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…

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.…

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

Water availability, regs spur farmland value chasm

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

Forest Service interactive map spotlights connection between water and ANF

Drought amplifies beetle damage to Colorado’s forests

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

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

Leaks are a missed opportunity for water savings

NM Supreme Court throws out stream certification rule

Arizona governor outlines plan to boost water supplies