May 12, 2014--The dusting of snow (Durango Herald)
The term “white as snow” is a little misleading in the San Juan Mountains these days. The snowpack here at 11,060 feet is covered by layers of dust deposited in the last several weeks. These layers...
View ArticleMay 20, 2014--Officials concede defeat at Lake Powell, seek to contain...
For 14 years, officials at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area focused on keeping Quagga mussels out of Lake Powell.read more
View ArticleJuly 28, 2014--Conservation critical, Colorado Rivers study finds (Cache...
Reuse and conserve are the two big points in a new study about how to stretch the water in the Colorado River to meet the needs of Utahns and others who depend on the river. Matt Rice is director of...
View ArticleAugust 23, 2014--Water levels in Great Salt Lake approach record low (Desert...
Dave Shearer sees the evidence of water levels dropping in the Great Salt Lake every time a boat has to be taken out of its slip at the Great Salt Lake Marina. Lately, it's been a common occurrence....
View ArticleNovember 6, 2014--State water planning is ‘evolutionary’ (Grand Junction...
Colorado’s anticipated completion of a water plan in 2015 might be viewed as a starting point rather than an end point for its state water planning process.read more
View ArticleJanuary 30, 2015--Unusually high temperatures, low snow pack could spell...
Five degrees for six months: Those are numbers that cause serious concern for Utah water experts. Brian McInerney, Hydrologist for the National Weather Service, said from August through January,...
View ArticleFebruary 24, 2015--Will Utah be ready for a drier, hotter climate? (Salt Lake...
The specter of drought hanging over the Southwest is already pretty dire, with forests drying out into beetle-killed tinderboxes and reservoir levels plunging. But the current dry spell may barely...
View ArticleMarch 8, 2015--Changing the price of water may be the way to beat drought...
Drought across the West and Midwest is driving renewed concerns over water scarcity and the availability to meet demand in the future.read more
View ArticleMarch 10, 2015--State and federal incentives together producing new power...
As with most smaller dams from that era, no hydroelectric turbines were installed in Pueblo Dam when it was constructed during the early 1970s.read more
View ArticleJune 16, 2016--Half of Utah lakes don’t meet water quality standard (Cortez...
More than half of Utah’s lakes and nearly half of its streams don’t meet federal water quality standards, according to a new report from the Utah Division of Water Quality. Metal levels are high on...
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