Fresh off a phenomenal winter snowpack, water levels on the Colorado River are going up for the first time in years. As a result, federal officials will announce this week that they are easing water restrictions in the Southwest starting next year, three sources familiar with the plan told CNN, lifting the region from a Tier 2 […]
The start of wine grape growing season in California’s Napa Valley now comes nearly a month earlier than it used to because of the region’s warming climate, according to a new study from a team led by UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography researcher Dan Cayan. The research, published online in the International Journal of […]
The Colorado River provides water for millions of people, including Coloradans from the Western Slope to the Eastern Plains. But much of the river system is overallocated, its waters are overused and its flows are shrinking. “It’s not a rosy picture. We’ve been in a drought for a very long time,” said Kevin Reidy, senior state […]
There are no lush green lawns among the rows of single-family homes that line a quiet boulevard a mile west of the University of Arizona campus. Instead, small lizards scurry across gravel to the shade of cacti, shrubs and trees native to the Southwestern desert, as cicadas drone and backyard chickens cluck in the triple-digit […]
Lake Powell will cease to exist if one group’s plan to restore Glen Canyon as the “heart of the Colorado River” comes to fruition. An above-average snowfall and excessive precipitation in the spring have bolstered the water levels at Lake Powell and Lake Mead, but Glen Canyon Institute Executive Director Eric Balken told Newsweek that he doubts that Lake […]
Lorelei Cloud joined the Colorado Water Conservation Board in March as the first tribal council member to serve in the position. Cloud, the vice chair of the Southern Ute Tribal Council, was appointed to the position by Gov. Jared Polis. She joins the board at a critical time for water not just in Colorado, but across […]
How Much Water is Left in the Colorado River? Scientists and Officials are Scrambling to Find Out
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /CNNFresh off a phenomenal winter snowpack, water levels on the Colorado River are going up for the first time in years. As a result, federal officials will announce this week that they are easing water restrictions in the Southwest starting next year, three sources familiar with the plan told CNN, lifting the region from a Tier 2 […]
Warming is Shifting Napa’s Wine Growing Season
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /Water News Network / Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diegoby Alex FoxThe start of wine grape growing season in California’s Napa Valley now comes nearly a month earlier than it used to because of the region’s warming climate, according to a new study from a team led by UC San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography researcher Dan Cayan. The research, published online in the International Journal of […]
40 Million People Share the Shrinking Colorado River. Here’s How That Water Gets Divvied Up.
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /The Colorado Sunby Shannon MullaneThe Colorado River provides water for millions of people, including Coloradans from the Western Slope to the Eastern Plains. But much of the river system is overallocated, its waters are overused and its flows are shrinking. “It’s not a rosy picture. We’ve been in a drought for a very long time,” said Kevin Reidy, senior state […]
Tucson’s Storm to Shade Program is a Model for Drought-Stricken Areas
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /KGUN 9by Matt VasilogambrosThere are no lush green lawns among the rows of single-family homes that line a quiet boulevard a mile west of the University of Arizona campus. Instead, small lizards scurry across gravel to the shade of cacti, shrubs and trees native to the Southwestern desert, as cicadas drone and backyard chickens cluck in the triple-digit […]
Inside a Plan to Completely Drain Lake Powell
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Andrea Mora /Newsweekby Anna SkinnerLake Powell will cease to exist if one group’s plan to restore Glen Canyon as the “heart of the Colorado River” comes to fruition. An above-average snowfall and excessive precipitation in the spring have bolstered the water levels at Lake Powell and Lake Mead, but Glen Canyon Institute Executive Director Eric Balken told Newsweek that he doubts that Lake […]
Lorelei Cloud Makes History in a Critical Time as First Tribal Council Member on the Colorado Water Conservation Board
/in California and the U.S., Home Headline, Media Coverage /by Mike Lee /CPR Newsby Tom HesseLorelei Cloud joined the Colorado Water Conservation Board in March as the first tribal council member to serve in the position. Cloud, the vice chair of the Southern Ute Tribal Council, was appointed to the position by Gov. Jared Polis. She joins the board at a critical time for water not just in Colorado, but across […]