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An unusual couple of nesters has attracted the attention of Portland-area birders drawn to a story about the peculiarities of ...
It’s spring — the time when birds nest and lay eggs. And outside Portland, one unusual nesting pair has attracted the attention of birders drawn to a story of love across differences.
As the amount of water in the Colorado River shrinks, more farms and cities are turning to groundwater, which is less ...
The study did not measure how much water evaporation floating solar would prevent, but previous NREL research has shown that photovoltaic panels—sometimes called “floatovoltaics” when they are ...
Deep below the surface of the ground in one of the driest parts of the country, there is a looming problem: The water is ...
As the Colorado River shrinks due to drought and climate change, the negotiators must decide who will take less water — and ...
Native fish populations are returning more quickly than anticipated in the Colorado River Connectivity Channel near Granby.
The Colorado River Basin lost an alarming amount of groundwater over the past 20 years, a new study found. Nearly 28 million acre-feet of water has been depleted from the region, nearly the volume of ...
The researchers found that groundwater was being depleted faster than it could be restored, and that total water loss was ...
Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming — and the federal government adopted rules to better respond to lower water levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell. Those are the river’s two main ...
Melting snow from California's Sierra Nevada is filling reservoirs. But dry conditions have shrunk the flow of the Colorado ...