'After a record-hot summer last year in Phoenix, with 54 days reaching 110 degrees or higher and 645 heat-related deaths, city leaders are ramping up efforts even more this year.' Wyatt Myskow reports: insideclimatenews.org/news/08052024/…

On the anniversary of 1863 massacre, Great Basin tribes call for Bahsahwahbee national monument nevadacurrent.com/2024/05/08/on-…

Billionaires Stewart and Lynda Resnick are planning a huge warehouse expansion that could bring lots of jobs — and polluting truck traffic — to CA's Kern County, where farming & oil extraction face economic and environmental headwinds: latimes.com/california/sto… via Rebecca Plevin

“It was a good bounce up... However, we’re in a large groundwater deficit. Overall, the trend has been down for a long time.” California's aquifers gained about 8.7 million acre-feet of groundwater in 2023. More from Ian James: latimes.com/environment/st…

For The Atlantic, I wrote about the absurdity of subsidizing professional sports. In America today, we socialize the costs of stadium construction but privatize the profits. It's a racket. We should stop.

theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

A 10-person newsroom that's less than 4 years old wins a Pulitzer! My heart is warm. latimes.com/environment/st…

'I was shocked from being pushed to the ground when I met her gaze and realized we were close enough to make eye contact. I felt needed to take a picture that would encapsulate both her feelings and my own.' theguardian.com/us-news/2024/m…

As demolition begins on one of the last Klamath River dams, attention turns to recovery azcentral.com/story/news/loc… via azcentral by me

More than two decades in the making, the deconstruction of Iron Gate Dam started today! During the next six months (weather permitting), crews will be removing JC. Boyle, Copco No 1 and Iron Gate.
#river #restoration #salmon #nativeplants
Video courtesy of the Karuk Tribe

Reporter Emily Guerin from LAist has a new deep, narrative dive into Colorado River negotiations. She takes a multi-layered, complex, wonky issue and turns it into a compelling, character-driven story.
Take a listen to episode one, out today:
laist.com/news/meet-the-…

'Sweeping Colorado River settlement will bring water, equity to Navajo communities' via azcentral by shí

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'When I saw that, I thought: Someone is stealing water.' Federal officials say he masterminded an epic California water heist. Some farmers say he’s their Robin Hood. A riveting story by jessica garrison: latimes.com/california/sto…

Came across some old photos of artesian wells in Las Vegas. They are wild.

Wrote a little post about free-flowing, freewheeling days when water sprayed up from the ground and waste that led, in part, to Nevada groundwater law. westernwaternotes.com/p/research-not…

As the Great Salt Lake recedes, scientists have a front-row seat to the crisis. I recently talked with GSLI Director Bonnie Baxter about the emotions of studying a dying lake. She shares how facing climate grief with her students has transformed her. hcn.org/articles/are-t…

This was a fascinating piece by Erica Gies / SlowWater.World exploring how to engineer marsh habitat 'without smothering the very ecosystem they’re trying to protect.'

What are baseflow droughts — and why should we care? ppic.org/blog/what-are-… From PPIC Water

🗓️ Join Freedom of the Press, Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) on May 2 at noon ET for a webinar: The Intersections of Press Freedom and the Environment

We will address obstacles U.S. journalists face when reporting urgent environmental issues for their communities.

RSVP: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Wrote about PFAS in my newsletter today (westernwaternotes.com/p/the-scary-re…), featuring this illuminating Zoë Schlanger story about the challenges ahead:

“Maine is one step ahead in facing PFAS head-on—but also one step ahead in understanding just how hard that is.' theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

if you thought the Snake River diversion clip I posted yesterday was wild... wait until you hear about the plan to divert the Snake to the Humboldt, then divert it all to Owens Valley and L.A. (from USBR's Interim Report on Reconnaissance and discussed in Cadillac Desert)

whoa, today I learned there was once a proposal to divert the Snake River to the Great Salt Lake...

from the Silver State (Winnemucca, Nev.), March 1901