4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (431+ words) The lawn at the Utah Governor’s Mansion will become undone on Friday at the hands of water conservation advocates and public employees to make space for water-wise and pollinator-friendly plants amid one the most severe droughts the state has recorded....

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (382+ words) Dogs are widely viewed as best friends — if not family — by many in Wyoming but a new report analyzing more than 300 bear encounters warned dogs are not your best early warning system or deterrent in bear country. In at least…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (283+ words) A landmark law and one of the country’s largest sources of funding for maintenance and repair on public lands expired last year and now, a coalition of environmental groups is pressing Congress to restore it. Committees in both the House…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (635+ words) The Colorado River’s Upper Basin states are not required to make mandatory water cuts that the federal government imposed on the Lower Basin. But that piece of good luck doesn't guarantee smooth sailing for Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (878+ words) Nevada officials have filed the first lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s Colorado River plan, a plan that would require Nevada to cut water use by about 17% over the next two years and authorizes even larger cuts during dry years. The…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (629+ words) The Bureau of Reclamation released its two-year operating plan on Friday detailing how the agency will manage the Colorado River, and the nation’s two largest reservoirs Lake Powell and Lake Mead, amid ongoing drought and record low water storage. Under…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (649+ words) Arizona and the other Lower Basin states will bear the brunt of cuts to Colorado River water over the next two years, while they continue to negotiate a longer-term agreement with the Upper Basin, the federal government announced Friday morning....

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (513+ words) Firefighting crews in Utah are getting a hand from the National Guard as wildfires across the state and nation continue to stretch resources thin. Soldiers with the Utah Army National Guard are using Black Hawk military helicopters to drop water…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (698+ words) The error rate in a Kansas food assistance program has dropped since Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in 2025, but the state still faces the possibility of paying a $20.6 million penalty to the federal government, a state spokeswoman…...