The charges include criminal conspiracy and trespass.
Items by Matt Jenkins
A new book makes a case for optimism in the basin, but the threat of water battles will always be around.
The secretary of the Interior instead took a trip to Africa to combat wildlife poaching.
Did one of Nevada’s top water regulators try to cash in on the drought?
Las Vegas’ Pat Mulroy initiated an era of deal-making that may buffer against catastrophic drought.
West’s biggest water agencies finalize a major agreement to boost Lake Mead levels.
During the worst drought in more than a century, the Colorado River may flow to the sea once more.
It’s one of the worst of the millennium.
Don Powers, of the California Department of Fish and Game, spends his days relentlessly pursuing abalone poachers who can't seem to resist the chance to bring in some illegal shellfish cash.
After he impersonated a Heartland Institute board member, gadfly scientist and Pacific Institute head Peter Gleick has been persona non grata. But California water bosses may miss his fierce intellect.
Bob Rawlings, publisher of the Pueblo Chieftain, has battled for decades to bring water to southeastern Colorado and, once it's there, to keep it no matter what.
Journalist Chris Woodka tries to bring unbiased water coverage to the pages of the Pueblo Chieftain.
Faced with increasingly destructive wildfires, California is trying to shift some costs to homeowners in the fire zone.
Marijuana growers and government officials in California's notorious "Emerald Triangle" work towards legitimizing the local cash crop.
For 18 years, Westerners have been arguing about BLM’s wilderness-worthy land; now, the Obama administration has stepped in.
Criminals steal millions from the state -- one nickel at a time
A Crescent City, Calif. crab boat captain maneuvers his way through a tsunami-whorled sea in order to save his fishing boat.
The Navajos are on the brink of getting water they've long been entitled to, but not everybody on the reservation is pleased.
Three decades after winning the right to catch salmon, California's Hupa Indians debate whether it's right to sell those fish off the reservation.
Will there ever be enough water in California's Bay Delta to satisfy farmers, keep fish alive and quench the thirst of millions of people?
New research sheds light on life at 90 fathoms.
Salmon fishermen gear up for a risky season despite California’s ongoing water wars.
Budget cuts have endangered California's Water Resources Center Archives, which serves as the state's institutional water memory.
A rider to the jobs bill could free up water for California farms—and blow up hope for balance in the future of the state’s water politics
California's Westlands irrigation district wants to blame the tiny and endangered Delta smelt for its water troubles, but the real culprit is simply long-term drought.
Despite auctioneer Peter Stremmel's enthusiasm, the Western artwork sold at this year's Coeur d'Alene Art Auction in Reno didn't bring very high prices.
Norris Hundley's magisterial Water in the West is back in print to enlighten readers about water politics, especially the Colorado River Compact.
That candy bar you're eating may have been made with genetically modified beets that were illegally approved.
- Nevada lithium mine kicks off a new era of Western extraction
- ‘Wild Indian’ is much more than just an Indigenous film
- In Arizona, building a wall — and destroying a canyon
- Will the climate crisis tap out the Colorado River?
- All fracked up: A debut memoir wrestles with toxic masculinity in the oil fields
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