Weather whiplash: California’s historic downpour interrupts historic drought
Over the span of two days, dramatic scenes of dried landscapes and wildfires that have defined California’s summer were replaced with surging rivers, floods and mudflows as a historic rainstorm…
Read More...The resurgence of waffle gardens is helping indigenous farmers grow food with less water
In the face of climate change and persistent droughts, a growing number of people from Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico and elsewhere are adopting the traditional farming practice called waffle…
Read More...Marston: This rancher has radical ideas about water
If Jim Howell, a fourth-generation rancher in western Colorado, has a guru, he’s Allan Savory, the champion of intensive cattle grazing even on semi-arid land. Howell, 52, says Savory’s methods,…
Read More...Study: Warming climate means shortages on Pecos River
Federal water managers warn that like other basins across the western U.S., the Pecos River Basin in New Mexico is likely to experience growing water shortages as temperatures continue to…
Read More...UC Davis to lead groundwater & irrigation study
Researchers from the University of California, Davis, have been awarded a $10 million grant by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to find ways to sustain irrigated agriculture while…
Read More...Great Salt Lake’s demise spurs water emergency for Utah
Utah’s iconic Great Salt Lake, long neglected by regulators, is collapsing due to a historic drought and climate change. And, in a cruel twist, the demise of the lake —…
Read More...As drought worsens, California farmers are being paid not to grow crops
The farmers are paid to leave a portion of their lands dry and fallow, and the water saved over the next three years is expected to translate into three feet…
Read More...Could LA water recycling be a miracle for parched West?
With severe drought strangling the West, the country’s largest water provider has embarked on a multibillion-dollar project that could help it cope with increasingly frequent shortages exacerbated by climate change.…
Read More...As water conservation falls short, California plans for the worst
As California’s drought stretches into 2022, state and federal water agencies are working on a plan for the worst-case scenario. This comes as the state cut water use by less…
Read More...The American West’s drought isn’t a disaster. It’s our new, permanently arid normal.
“Accepting aridity, and rejecting shortsighted and maladaptive responses, is central to managing drought risks for the more than 60 million people reliant on the West’s dwindling water — and for…
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