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Tucson's admirable water conservation efforts
About a year ago, part of the Santa Cruz River had flowing water for the first time in around 80 years. The effects of returning water to a system like the Santa Cruz can greatly benefit riparian wildlife, plants and communities near the wa...
How a trickle of water is breathing life into the parched Colorado River Delta
The Colorado River once flowed with so much water that steamboats sailed on its wide, meandering stretches near the U.S.-Mexico border. When the environmentalist Aldo Leopold paddled the river’s delta in Mexico nearly a century ago, he was ...
Report: Arizona's Colorado River water supply will hold steady next year
Arizona’s water supply from the Colorado River will remain consistent into next year. That’s good news in the eyes of state water managers....
Reservoirs brimming but drought lurking
Arizona’s reservoirs are brimming for the first time in years, despite a bad snow year and the return of drought across much of the West....
Southwest Drought Rivals Those of Centuries Ago, Thanks to Climate Change
A severe drought that has gripped the American Southwest since 2000 is as bad as or worse than long-lasting droughts in the region over the past 1,200 years, and climate change has helped make it that way, scientists said Thursday....