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Federal officials said Tuesday they will ease water cuts for Western states reliant on the Colorado River next year. Bountiful snowfall and rain last winter pulled much of the region out of drought this spring and raised water levels at key reservoirs.
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Farmers in California's Imperial Valley have the single largest water allocation along the Colorado River. They say they need to be compensated before taking cutbacks.
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Hamby represents the state of California in Colorado River negotiations. The 27-year-old is leaning on history and his Imperial Valley upbringing for guidance.
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Animal agriculture produces more methane – a powerful greenhouse gas – than any other human activity in the U.S. Climate experts say we need to cut greenhouse gas emissions dramatically before 2030. But when it comes to emissions from the livestock sector, the science is still emerging, and it’s not yet clear if the cuts will come in time—or how.
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On Thursday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem testified before the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources in favor of a bill that would require the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw the proposal, saying it would cause “deep devastation.”
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Federal water managers say they've begun a public process to shape rules to be enacted in 2027 to continue providing hydropower, drinking water and irrigation to farms, cities and tribes in seven U.S. states and Mexico.
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Pleasant Grove’s Strawberry Days, now 102 years old, highlights the community’s rich past of fruit farmers.
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The blessing and planting of seeds is a yearly ceremony at Wasatch Community Gardens. It’s centered around culturally significant growing practices of people from Latin America.
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The proposal announced Monday isn’t final. It calls for cities, irrigation districts and Native American tribes to accept federal money — and in some cases volunteer — to use less water over the next three years.
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More than a century after the U.S. started selling oil leases on public lands, the Biden administration is seeking to let conservationists lease government property to restore it.
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FOX 13 News reporter Ben Winslow traveled with a Utah delegation for a whirlwind trip to Israel to learn more about water conservation, agriculture in the desert and water-saving technology — all things Utah could use to turn around the fate of the Great Salt Lake.
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Across Israel, academic and research institutions are conducting experiments on types of crops that can use less water and still yield a good crop for people to eat.