drought

Disagreement, bickering, and uncertainty defined 2024 for the Southwest's shrinking water supply.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is spending $60 million to help tribal farmers in the Mountain West use less water amid drought – and still grow their crops.

Water managers across the West say they do not expect a new Trump administration will alter post-2026 Colorado River talks.

Wildfires are often talked about in terms of the acres they burn, or the number of structures they destroy. New research is bringing attention to their speed – and evidence that they’re accelerating.

For 10 straight days this month, the country was at a preparedness level of 5 (PL5), the highest on the scale used to measure wildfire activity and resource availability. Since 1990, there is only a single past instance of a PL5 day in October, which came in 2020.

The Pack Trail Fire east of Jackson and the Elk Fire west of Sheridan continue to burn in part due to “extreme” drought conditions

Hundreds of workers for state and federal forests in the Southeast have pivoted to helping with hurricane response.

In Glen Canyon, home to Lake Powell, the shrinking reservoir has revealed areas that were once submerged. These scientists are counting the plants that live there, and have found that they're mostly native.

Wildfires have burned homes and killed cattle this summer. Just this week, several new starts sparked evacuation orders in Campbell and Albany counties, and crews still have their hands full with the Fish Creek Fire on Togwotee Pass. Wyoming Public Radio’s Nicky Ouellet recently caught up with Jerod DeLay. He’s the state’s fire management officer. They talked about how this year stacks up and what we can expect for the rest of the season.

The Colorado River District wants to buy water used by the Shoshone hydropower, but a Front Range water supplier wants to see more data.