Drought - The Durango Herald

Feds to pour $225M into water projects around the West

ALBUQUERQUE – The federal government will be pouring nearly a quarter-billion dollars into several dozen projects aimed at tackling the effects of drought in the West and restoring watershed...

DATE: Dec 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The south deals with drought

Brown water, beaver battle among early signs of water woes

DATE: Nov 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Study: Next U.S. president faces Colorado River problem

Lack of Lake Mead water could trigger ‘shortage’ declaration

DATE: Oct 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Beached boats, pink water as drought saps Great Salt Lake

SALT LAKE CITY – On the southern shore of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, more than 100 boats are sitting high and dry in a parking lot, unable to sail the shallow, drought-stricken sea. ...

DATE: Sep 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Forest Service collects native seeds for uncertain future

Beetle kill, drought, fire and climate change make seed banks a smart investment

DATE: Aug 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Obama administration calls for long-term drought policies

Colorado’s water innovation partnership highlighted during summit in D.C.

DATE: Mar 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

California water agency’s purchase rattles farmers

BLYTHE, Calif. – The nation’s largest distributor of treated drinking water became the largest landowner in a remote California farming region for good reason: The alfalfa-growing area is fi...

DATE: Nov 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

S.W. Colo. seeing above-average rainfall for month

Forecasters predict region will finish week with more rain

DATE: Oct 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Drought done, but N.M. utilities push for conservation

ALBUQUERQUE – Water managers across New Mexico aren’t giving up on their push for residents to conserve water even though severe drought has disappeared. For the first time in mor...

DATE: Aug 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Weather favors rain through September

El Niño, monsoon combine to ease drought

DATE: Jul 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

El Niño ends dry run in Southwest Colorado

Above-average spring and summer rains have helped break a 3½-year drought in La Plata County. “This country hasn’t looked this green this time of year in easily two years, if not ...

DATE: Jul 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News