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State DEQ investigation confirms resident’s logic and supports need for millions in better treatment.

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

Ancient rainstorms may have sculpted the red planet, similar to the monsoon rains that helped shape the Southwest’s landscape

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.

The Biden Administration's Interior Department released proposals for managing the river in an apparent attempt to nudge the states toward agreement.

A new federal study shows 20% of Americans, including people in the Mountain West, might be drinking water contaminated by PFAS. They’re called “forever chemicals” and have been linked to cancer and other health problems.

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

Horse Creek is the last known free-flowing groundwater stream in Laramie County, meaning it’s fed by an underground aquifer rather than snowmelt. Its waters also weave through the history of the area. Students from two high schools on the Wind River Reservation and the University of Wyoming School of Law took a trip there to connect with the land.

Having a proactive statewide management plan, advocates said, can help educate the public about the importance of sustaining beaver populations, outline goals for their recovery, and help foster coexistence with communities.

The Interior Department is spending another $90 million on restoring rivers and wetlands across the Western U.S., including several in the Mountain West region.