The annual fall drawdown of the Colorado River reservoir is part of an ongoing federal effort to restore populations of two endangered species.
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Rising temperatures have sapped more than 10 trillion gallons of water from the Colorado River over the last two decades, a recent study shows.
The water authority wants to pay Southern Nevadans to plant shade trees to maintain and grow the region’s tree canopy.
The Bureau of Land Management has formally paused a plan to drill for lithium near Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, which is inhabited by federally protected species.
Nevada is the first state in the nation to give a local water agency the power to limit individual home water use.
Nevada, California and Arizona have reached agreement on a plan to dramatically reduce water use along the Colorado River.
A bill that advocates pitched as a major step toward fixing Nevada’s growing groundwater problem was all but dead in the state Legislature on Friday.
The Nevada Assembly voted 30-12 in favor of a wide-ranging water conservation bill that could lead to caps on residential water use in Las Vegas.
After dropping more than 50 feet since 2000, latest forecasts show Lake Mead rising by roughly 22 feet by the end of the year.
The federal government laid out a pair of options to cut water use along the Colorado River and keep Lake Mead and Lake Powell from shrinking any more.