Just about every indicator of drought is flashing red across the Western U.S. after a dry winter and warm early spring. The snowpack is at less than half of normal in much of the region. Reservoirs... Read Original Story
Ancient Puebloans left structures, pottery, tools, graves and countless other artifacts in Utah’s Bears Ears region, but they also left plant communities, rich with nutritional and healing properties... Read Original Story
In 1980, Arizona began regulating groundwater in the state’s largest cities and suburbs under a landmark law that called for most of these areas to achieve an overarching goal by 2025: a long-term... Read Original Story
There is some good news for the outlook of ponderosa pine trees in the face of a warming climate.
That’s according to a new study by researchers with the Ecological Restoration Institute at Northern... Read Original Story
Ben Tobin has questions about the Grand Canyon’s caves.
The University of Kentucky geologist started learning about caves as a young man, in part because his mother was a geologist, and a childhood... Read Original Story
On the Colorado Plateau, in the western United States, the vistas can stretch for miles, if not days. But while boundless panoramas get all the attention, one of the most remarkable assets of the... Read Original Story
President Joe Biden’s land and water conservation plan, released Thursday under the title “America the Beautiful,” highlights a preference for locally driven initiatives, tribal sovereignty, job... Read Original Story
The Southwest has grown hotter and drier during the past decade, and new climate data from the federal government shows these changes have been dramatic, shifting the long-term averages that... Read Original Story
