Aug 3, 2026 | Look West Newsletter
After three years of intense and divisive negotiations, the seven Colorado River Basin states failed to reach a long-term agreement, forcing the federal government to step in. Federal water managers on Friday announced a new 10-year plan to manage the Colorado River... 
May 19, 2025 | Look West Newsletter
While the American Southwest experiences the worst mega-drought in 1,200 years, oil and gas companies in Texas are using billions of gallons of water annually from the Rio Grande and Pecos Rivers for their operations. Inside Climate News obtained Rio Grande water data... 
Jul 31, 2024 | The Landscape Podcast
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSSKate talks to author Zak Podmore about his upcoming book, Life After Deadpool: Lake Powell’s Last Days and the Rebirth of the Colorado River, which explores various aspects... 
Feb 26, 2024 | Look West Newsletter
In the American West, the two-decade period from 2000 to 2020 is the warmest in half a millennium, according to a new study that looked at tree rings to track temperature changes over the past 500 years. As a result, drought is becoming more frequent and intense.... 
Sep 11, 2023 | Look West Newsletter
As the Bureau of Reclamation works toward a 2026 plan for managing the Colorado River, a scenario that has long been favored by environmental advocates but dismissed as impossible is now being discussed across the West: draining Lake Powell and returning Glen Canyon...