The additional reductions in water use would go beyond what has already been implemented under existing agreements. Southern Nevada may contribute $20 million to the effort.
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Water agencies in multiple Lower Colorado River Basin states want to slow the decline of the lake by paying Southern California farmers not to plant crops.
The updated numbers from the state health department brought Nevada’s cumulative case total to 308,024. The death toll in the state remains at 5,332.
Though the upper basin snowpack is about 14 percent above average so far, dry soils have experts forecasting that flows to Lake Powell will fall 20 percent below average.
The pilot and three passengers who survived a deadly helicopter crash in the Grand Canyon were hospitalized Sunday in Las Vegas after an hourslong rescue effort, officials said.
All National Park Service sites will be free to the public on Monday.