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Nevada

Colorado River Negotiators Are Nearly Out of Time and Snowpack

With another federal deadline only weeks away and record-low snowfall further drying out the watershed, states have begun talking about whether they are prepared for litigation.

By Jake Bolster, Wyatt Myskow

 Cars drive over the Central Arizona Canal, which delivers Colorado River water to Central and Southern Arizona, on Dec. 19, 2025. Credit: Kayla Bartkowski/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
Colorado River water flows through a canal supplying irrigation to farms in Loma, Colo. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Colorado River Water Is Too Cheap, Particularly for Agricultural Users

By Wyatt Myskow
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
The Colorado River flows up to Glen Canyon Dam as Lake Powell sits at a third of its capacity on July 10 in Page, Ariz. Credit: Rebecca Noble/Getty Images

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

By Wyatt Myskow
The Dark Star Mine Pit of the proposed South Railroad Mine, if approved and built, would be dug into this area. Credit: Great Basin Resource Watch

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

By Wyatt Myskow
A groundwater pump supplies water to Quechan tribal land at the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, along the Colorado River, on May 26, 2023, near Winterhaven, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Colorado River Basin Aquifers Are Declining Even More Steeply Than the River, New Research Shows

By Wyatt Myskow
Patrick Donnelly, the Great Basin director for the Center for Biological Diversity, walks through an alkaline meadow in Fish Lake Valley on May 6. The valley used to be home to a series of streams and lakes that once provided habitat for fish like the Fish Lake Valley tui chub. Credit: Wyatt Myskow/Inside Climate News

Fish Threatened By Farms and Mining Set to Be First Species Listed As Endangered in Second Trump Term

By Wyatt Myskow
A budget amendment in Nevada would pave the way for the development of public land near the Gold Butte National Monument. Credit: Bureau of Land Management

Locals Oppose ‘Insane’ Plan to Sell 500,000 Acres of Public Lands for Housing in Nevada and Utah

By Wyatt Myskow
Mosquitoes fly over the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

Climate Change Is Helping Heartworm Spread to Pets in the Mountain West

By Tina Deines
An aerial view of the Yellow Pine project near Pahrump, Nev. Credit: Patrick Donnelly

How the Renewable Energy Boom Is Remaking the American West

By Jimmy Tobias
An aerial view shows the long-depleted Colorado River as it flows between California and Arizona. An irrigation ditch (right) carries the river water toward Quechan tribal land on May 26, 2023 near Winterhaven, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Despite Biden Administration Proposals to Address Colorado River Shortages, a Solution Is Far Off

By Wyatt Myskow
Tourists visit the South Rim of the Grand Canyon on Nov. 1, 2022. The Colorado River flows through the literal giant chasm in Arizona. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

Colorado River States Are Separated by a ‘Giant Chasm’ in Negotiations

By Alex Hager, KUNC
A view of utility-scale solar panels on public land in the California desert. Credit: Tom Brewster/Bureau of Land Management

BLM Plan for Solar on Public Lands Sparks Enthusiasm and Misgivings in Different Corners of the West

By Wyatt Myskow, Jake Bolster
Tiehm’s buckwheat, a small wildflower with yellow pom-poms, is an endemic species unique to the Silver Peak Range. Credit: Patrick Donnelly/Center for Biological Diversity

A Nevada Lithium Mine Nears Approval, Despite Threatening the Only Habitat of an Endangered Wildflower

By Wyatt Myskow
U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, a Democrat and Nevada’s junior senator, is challenged by Republican Sam Brown in the upcoming election. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call and Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

In Nevada, Clean Energy Divides the Senate Race

By Wyatt Myskow
At the Salton Sea in California, geothermal plants could soon also extract lithium from brine water contained deep in the ground. But local community members and environmentalists worry about the impacts the mining will have on local water supplies. Credit: EcoFlight

Lithium Critical to the Energy Transition Is Coming at the Expense of Water

By Wyatt Myskow
An aerial view of Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, one of the most biodiverse places in the world. Credit: Patrick Donnelly/Center for Biological Diversity

As a Nevada Community Fights a Lithium Mine, a Rare Fish and Its Haven Could Be an Ace in the Hole

By Wyatt Myskow
The Silver Peak Range of Nevada is home to Tiehm’s buckwheat, a wildflower protected under the Endangered Species Act. Credit: Patrick Donnelly/Center for Biological Diversity

A Proposed Nevada Lithium Mine Could Destroy Critical Habitat for an Endangered Wildflower Found Nowhere Else in the World

By Wyatt Myskow
Bob Martin, who manages hydropower at Glen Canyon Dam, shows the effects of cavitation on a decommissioned turbine on Nov. 2, 2022. When air pockets enter the dam's pipes, they cause structural damage. Water managers recently discovered similar damage in a little-used set of tubes that carry water to the Colorado River. Credit: Alex Hager/KUNC

A Plumbing Issue at This Lake Powell Dam Could Cause Big Trouble for Western Water

By Alex Hager, KUNC

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