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Study: Humble Piñon Trees May Have Key Role in Western Water CyclesPiñon trees have been dying in droves across the West. Laura Morillas, lead author of the new study, found that losing piñon trees doesn’t necessarily free up more water in...
AZ Central
Deadly metro Phoenix heat demands action, Maricopa County official saysCentral Arizona must adapt to increasingly dangerous heat waves, a top Maricopa County official says, and he's pledging to work with Arizona State University to do it.
Outside Online
How Beer Will Save Western RiversIn Arizona, the Verde River was running dry, so Kim Schonek devised a plan to save it with the help of everyone's favorite malted beverage.
Inkstain
The central challenge on the Colorado RiverI’ve been thinking about the central communication challenge as we face down yet another dry year amid the continued drumbeat of Upper Basin talk about finding new ways to take more water out...
AZ Water News
Why an enormous, persistent arctic low-pressure system is helping dry out the American SW"With snow conditions in the upper CO River Basin tracking at just 31 percent of the total average seasonal accumulation as of mid-January, the 2018 season is looking dryer than the...
LA Times
2017 was one of the three hottest years on record, NASA and NOAA scientists sayEven without the help of El Niño, 2017 was a top-three scorcher for planet Earth.
Las Vegas Review Journal
‘Historically bad start’ to winter not reflected in Lake Mead projectionsWinter is off to an alarmingly dry start across the Colorado River Basin, but you wouldn’t know it from the latest federal projections for Lake Mead.
Parker Pioneer
Statements on Tribal Council recall effortTim Stevens Welsh and Amber Van Fleet have issued a statement on their reasons for recalling Tribal Chairman Dennis Patch and the members of the Tribal Council:
AZ Water News
Experts weigh plusses and minuses of augmenting Arizona’s water suppliesJust as the State Legislature began preparing for the 2018 legislative session early in the New Year, Arizona Department of Water Resources Director Tom Buschatzke and other water experts began...
EcoWatch
Governors Weigh in on Water, Climate and the Environment: What We Know So FarState of the State speeches are where governors sketch their legislative priorities and report on the overall health of their dominions. The state of the state is almost always "strong"...
