drought

Wyoming lawmakers are requesting draft legislation to ban a proven method of adding water to drought stricken landscapes after hours of testimony about cloud seeding and geoengineering.

A new scientific analysis shows that fall temperatures are rising across the country because of climate change, especially in the Mountain West. More than simply a delay in sweater weather, experts say this trend has more serious impacts.

A new report shows America’s water systems need more than a trillion dollars in upgrades in the coming decades. In the West, states are dealing with shrinking reservoirs, worsening drought, and a lack of data to plan for the future.

The move, by the Colorado River Indian Tribes in Arizona and California would give rights of nature to the water, marking a historic first.

New data from the Bureau of Reclamation puts the river and its reservoirs in formal shortage conditions. Policymakers are stuck on ways to fix that in the years to come.

A new study shows climate change is causing the Earth’s supply of fresh water to quickly disappear. One of the world’s fastest-drying regions is the American Southwest, where future food supplies could be threatened.

Hot, dry weather and abundant fuels created the perfect storm for lightning-caused fires on the Western Slope and in southeastern Utah. Drought forecasters are predicting little relief later this summer.

As the Trump administration considers a major overhaul of the nation's leading disaster relief agency, a new poll finds the majority of Americans think the government should help affected communities in Wyoming and across the U.S.

States that use Colorado River water need to agree on new rules for sharing it by 2026. If they don't, they will likely end up in messy court battles.

The National Interagency Fire Center predicts Wyoming will have an average fire season until August, when the likelihood of big fires will increase in the northeast part of the state.