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Wyoming and federal officials will formally kick off construction Tuesday of the massive TransWest Express transmission line project which will export wind power from Wyoming to southern California.
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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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As real acts of mass violence become a more common reality in this country, hoax reports of shootings are plaguing schools.
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Cloud seeding involves using planes and ground-based equipment to put silver iodide into clouds when weather conditions are right. Colorado, Utah and Wyoming have all expanded their cloud-seeding programs in recent years.
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According to a recent U.S. Census Bureau and AmeriCorps survey, formal volunteer participation dropped 7% between 2019 and 2021. That's the largest decrease the survey has recorded since a version of it started in 2002.
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The Biden administration released an environmental analysis Tuesday of competing plans for how seven Western states and tribes reliant on the dwindling Colorado River should cut their use — but declined to take a side on the best option.
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A group of congress members from Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Nevada, California and Arizona is gathering to talk about the Colorado River and rally funding for Western water projects.
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The funding comes as key reservoirs on the Colorado River hit record lows and booming Western cities and industries fail to adjust their water use to increasingly shrinking supplies.
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Arizona, California and Nevada agree in principle with the idea, but urge other states and the Bureau of Reclamation to keep an eye on runoff.
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Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico are asking the Bureau of Reclamation to pause the water releases from Flaming Gorge Reservoir that are helping prop up Lake Powell.
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Water officials across the West have been negotiating a crisis on the Colorado River. Drought is putting pressure on the 7-state basin, and the nation’s two largest reservoirs recently reached record lows.