Drought - The Durango Herald

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

Calif. water rates rise

Cities lose money as drought prompts conservation

DATE: Jul 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Feds project higher Lake Mead level after wet May out West

LAS VEGAS – A wet May across the West boosted monthly projections of water levels at Lake Mead through next year and into 2017, federal water managers said Monday, offering hope that supply ...

DATE: Jun 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Feds pledge another $110M in drought aid

President Obama addresses seven states, including Colorado

DATE: Jun 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Snowy peaks deceive in La Plata County

May’s precipitation welcome, but may not overcome a dry winter

DATE: Jun 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

West’s water woes heard in D.C.

Panel hears of drought’s toll on states

DATE: Jun 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Southwest reservoirs play catch-up

DENVER – Colorado is slogging through a wetter-than-normal spring, with heavy rain restoring much-needed moisture to parched rangeland and sending some rivers over the banks. But ...

DATE: May 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

May showers bring green spring so far

Precipitation is on par with average

DATE: May 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Western drought steals clean energy

California forced to raise rates

DATE: Apr 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

2015 was one of our worst for snowpack

The significant snowfall of late February and early March did little to position Colorado well for summer, the Natural Resources Conservation Service said in a news release. The p...

DATE: Apr 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Climate change threatens goats

Biologist and author worries about our greatest mountain climbers

DATE: Apr 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Funding in short supply for water projects

ALBUQUERQUE – A pipeline project intended to bring billions of gallons of water a year to a drought-stricken section of eastern New Mexico represents a lifeline to parched communities that a...

DATE: Mar 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News