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What the Rio Grande’s More Frequent Dry-Outs Mean for the Region’s Animals and Ecosystems

The stretch of the river through Albuquerque has run dry twice since 2022, after not doing so for decades, impacting all forms of life that depend on its flows.

By Tina Deines

Representatives from Audubon Southwest collect data along the dry Rio Grande at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge in San Antonio, N.M. Credit: Paul Tashjian

Can Arizona Maintain Its Drought Response as Water and Money Dry Up?

By Wyatt Myskow

Conservation Groups Blast Trump’s Latest Choice to Head Up the Bureau of Land Management

By Kiley Price

Western States Brace for a Uranium Boom as the Nation Looks to Recharge its Nuclear Power Industry

By Jake Bolster, Dylan Baddour, Wyatt Myskow

Jace Lankow and Zanna Stutz measure a beaver dam in Glen Canyon on Sept. 16. Environmental advocates say the return of beavers to the canyon is a sign that nature is thriving in areas that were once submerged by Lake Powell. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

As Lake Powell Recedes, Beavers are Building Back

By Alex Hager, KUNC

Boulder City, Nev., an original Hoover Dam power contractor, now receives additional electric power from the Townsite Solar Facility, located a few miles southwest of the city. Credit: Brett Walton/Circle of Blue

Solar Growth Cushions Colorado River Hydropower Declines

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue

A sphinx moth flies near the gates of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in San Bernardino, Mexico, on Sept. 21, 2022. Credit: Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images

The US-Mexico Border Wall May Pose Perils to Pollinators

By Tina Deines

Local beef rancher Ashlyn Bloom speaks against the aluminum recycling plant proposed by Aluminum Dynamics, Inc. at a Sept. 8 Benson City Council meeting. Credit: Courtesy of Ashlyn Bloom

Arizona Rural Grassroots Organizers Take on Industrial Developers, Aided by Urban Allies

By Julia Tilton, The Daily Yonder

As Colorado River Nears Collapse, It Faces Leadership, Transparency ‘Crisis,’ Environmentalists Warn

By Wyatt Myskow

Q&A: Arizona’s AG Takes on Utilities, Big Water Users and the Trump Administration

By Wyatt Myskow

A Tumultuous Moment for Public Lands and All Who Rely on Them

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One of the First to Benefit From Trump’s Cuts to Environmental Review: a Nevada Gold Mine

By Wyatt Myskow

Water levels sit low in Lake Powell near Bullfrog, Utah, on Sept. 15. Negotiations to manage the shrinking reservoir and the rest of the Colorado River system may be more difficult without federal leadership. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

Nominee for Top Federal Water Role Withdraws Amid Pushback from Some Colorado River States

By Alex Hager, KUNC

A Gila monster is seen near Redrock, N.M. Credit: Anthony Pawlicki

Monsters in Trouble

By Tina Deines

‘No One Comes Out of This Unscathed’: Experts Warn That Colorado River Use Needs Cutting Immediately

By Wyatt Myskow

Arizonans Protest State’s Largest Utility Abandoning Clean Energy Commitments

By Wyatt Myskow

A field camera captures an endangered jaguar roaming in southern Arizona on Aug. 6. Credit: Courtesy of the University of Arizona Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center

Activists Decry New Border Wall’s Impact on Wildlife

By Anita Snow, National Catholic Reporter

Settlement Signed in Texas v. New Mexico Rio Grande Case

By Martha Pskowski

The Colorado River flows near Parker, Ariz. The Colorado River Indian Tribes want to give the river the same legal rights as a person, taking millennia of cultural values and putting them into law. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

The Colorado River Is This Tribe’s ‘Lifeblood,’ Now They Want To Give It the Same Legal Rights as a Person

By Alex Hager, KUNC

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