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Climate researches predict Colorado River...

Posted: April 21, 2009

Colorado River water users will experience frequent shortages in the coming years as warmer, drier conditions squeeze an already overburdened resource, scientists said Monday. Read more...

Colorado high court rules coalbed methane water...

Posted: April 21, 2009

In a decision that brings some natural-gas operations under state water law and bolsters private-property rights, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that coal-bed methane gas wells must get water-well permits. Read more...

U. of Arizona laboratory tackles medications in...

Posted: April 15, 2009

A new laboratory at the University of Arizona is giving researchers a better understanding of an emerging concern to health officials — traces of pharmaceutical drugs and other pollutants found in our water supply. Read more...

Wolf controversy spurs a House bill that makes...

Posted: April 15, 2009

The Idaho House voted 46-24 on Tuesday for House Bill 138, which applies to species threatening the safety of people, livestock, pets or property. The measure also allows civil lawsuits should such an animal injure or kill a person. Read more...

Lower Snake 3rd most endangered river in U.S.

Posted: April 15, 2009

Four dams blamed for damaging salmon runs on the lower Snake River in Washington place the waterway third among the nation's most endangered rivers, according to an annual report by American Rivers. Read more...

BLM nominates stretches of Colorado River for...

Posted: April 15, 2009

Three stretches of the Colorado River are among 20 river and stream segments in the Grand Junction area the Bureau of Land Management has determined are eligible for the federal Wild and Scenic River designation. Read more...

Federal appeals court halts expansion of Idaho...

Posted: April 14, 2009

A federal appeals court has temporarily halted the expansion of a phosphate mine in southeastern Idaho that opponents say would damage roadless areas near Yellowstone National Park. Read more...

10th Circuit Court rules against Utah counties in...

Posted: April 14, 2009

Kane and Garfield have lost another round in their years-long court fight for more road and water access in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Read more...

Coal mines leases could mean riches for Montana

Posted: April 13, 2009

BILLINGS, Mont. -- A new appraisal of vast state-owned coal reserves in southeastern Montana finds the state would reap $1.4 billion in royalty payments over the next four decades if it leases the property for mining. Read more...