It has dwindled faster than experts have seen in nearly four decades, which could upset reservoir management.
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Experts discuss this year’s presidential race and what Western issues are coming to the fore.
Agreement picks up the pieces of the failed landmark accords.
Latinos make up 21 percent of the region’s electorate, and election-day turn-out is on the rise.
The early caucus drew attention to Western issues. In November, the state will play an even bigger role.
Much of the Park Service’s land in the West is poorly visited and little-known.
Where water is scarce, waterbirds pay the price.
The Nevada caucus brought Western issues into the fray this political season.
A deal that would have supplied water to irrigators and tribes fell apart.
In California, native and endemic plants are slower to shift their ranges in response to climate change, a study shows.
Dam removals on the Oregon-California border move forward without water deals for irrigators.
Precipitation in recent months chips away at California drought, but the water deficit will be hard to overcome.
Could the breakdown of the landmark water agreement imperil other collaborative deals?
How does industry control of water affect public land management?
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Review of Jonathan Bailey's "Rock art: A Vision of a Vanishing Cultural Landscape."
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The Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan is intended to guide energy development, while protecting wildlife and recreation.
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In Park City, a decades-long battle against the resort industry may be all but over.
A multimedia exhibit at the Museum of Northern Arizona
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