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As Lake Powell Recedes, Beavers are Building Back

The decline of the reservoir threatens the water and electricity for 40 million people, but is resurfacing vast canyons and lush riversides that the aquatic rodents engineer into robust habitats for many species.

By Alex Hager, KUNC

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

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

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

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

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

By Wyatt Myskow

Emissions are Sparking Increases in African Heat Waves in Unexpected Ways, New Study Finds

By Chad Small

Corpus Christi Folds on Its Desalination Gamble

By Dylan Baddour

Billy Longfellow of the Sipayik Environmental Department explains how the Samaqannihkuk well station works. Credit: Sydney Cromwell/Inside Climate News

Climate Change Worsens Half-Century of Drinking Water Problems for Maine Native Reservation

By Sydney Cromwell

Settlement Signed in Texas v. New Mexico Rio Grande Case

By Martha Pskowski

Water Management in Great Lakes States Deserves a Closer Look, Group Says

By Susan Cosier

Amid Tense Negotiations Over the Colorado River’s Future, Arizona Mayors Unite Against ‘Threat’ to State’s Water

By Wyatt Myskow

El Paso’s Heat Is Killing in Record Numbers. It May Only Get Worse

Story by Martha Pskowski, photos by Paul Ratje

A drainage creek near Paul Tomcho’s garden in southeast Ohio overflowed during a massive downpour, knocking down a blueberry net. Tomcho said the ditch grew from 3 to 30 feet wide. Credit: Courtesy of Paul Tomcho

After a Drought Last Year, Ohio Farmers Wished for Rain. Now Downpours Are Destroying Their Crops

By Theo Peck-Suzuki

Grand Canyon Fire Is Now the Largest Burning in the Nation

By Nicholas Kusnetz

In Rural Puerto Rico, Water Systems Depend on Volunteers—and Threatened Federal Grants

By Sarah Mattalian

Southwestern Drought Likely to Continue Through 2100, Research Finds

By Wyatt Myskow

Despite Catastrophic Flooding, Drought Persists in Parts of Central Texas

By Dylan Baddour

Searching for Hidden Fungi in the Sonoran Desert

By Wyatt Myskow

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