Agriculture

Jorgensen will remain the GOP chair until delegates choose the next leader of the state Republican Party on April 22.

The System Conservation Pilot Program was recently rebooted with $125 million in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to fight shrinking water levels in Lake Powell.

Agriculture uses between 70% and 80% of the Colorado River’s water, and ideas for reducing that have long been contentious.

Even as Utah religious leaders of all stripes are urging lawmakers to take immediate action to save the Great Salt Lake, one faith might be able to make the biggest impact.

It was "water week" at the Utah Legislature! Last year, we powered through the lawmaker-declared "year of water." How'd we do this year?

The Upper Colorado River Commission — comprised of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico — is set to announce details of an extended “System Conservation Pilot Program.”

While the compact among seven western states was groundbreaking for its time, it's currently left the Southwest to grapple with a massive gap between water supply and demand.

More than 700,000 turkeys have been depopulated in Utah and at least 16 farms and 25 facilities have been affected.

A Nevada water agency has taken the first concrete step toward accounting for evaporation and other losses in the Colorado River’s Lower Basin.

The Department of the Interior designated $4 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act for drought mitigation in the Colorado River basin.

The Great Salt Lake is seeing an increase in salinity levels that is negatively affecting its ecosystems.

The river provides about one-third of Southern California's urban water and is the only source of water for farms in the Imperial Valley. California is legally entitled to more water than any other state and is the last to lose it in times of shortage.