Impacts Photo by Vanessa Schulze on Unsplash Hay – yes, hay – is sucking the Colorado River dry When California, Arizona and Nevada agreed last week to stop using 3 million acre-feet of Colorado River water — about a trillion gallons — in order to protect their drinking supply, they took aim at one especially thirsty user: hay.
Politicsmateo williford/Flickr The EV mining rush could come to Montana’s mountains A company announced it found the country’s highest-grade rare earth deposit in Montana.
ImpactsPaul Gorbould/Flickr Alaska whaling communities pilot a project to keep traditional ice cellars frozen ‘You can’t put half a whale in a little home freezer.’
NewsletterDan Brekke/Flickr In a warming world, California’s trees keep dying That could doom the state’s plan to fight climate change with the help of nature.
Good NewsPhoto_Hiker_Dave/Flickr In Colorado, a storied valley blooms again The San Luis Valley’s Acequia Institute is raising new traditions from multicultural roots.
Top StoryAndrew Reding/Flickr The West’s hottest county is also its most Latino Some places in Imperial County, California, experienced 117 days above 100 degrees this year.
www.hcn.org Scientists unravel the origins of the Southwest’s monsoon But just as their understanding of the phenomena becomes mores clear, it’s starting to disappear.
