colorado river

The La Sal Mountain Loop on the Colorado River.

News

Deadline looms for western states to cut Colorado River use

Associated Press Aug 16, 2022

Juvenile smallmouth bass sit at a National Park Service laboratory near Page, Ariz., July 1. Confirming their worst fears for record-low lake levels, NPS fisheries biologists have discovered that smallmouth bass, a non-native predator fish, has made its way through Glen Canyon dam and appear to have spawned in the lower Colorado River, where it can prey on humpback chub, an ancient native fish they have been working to reestablish.

Wildlife

Biologists’ fears confirmed on the lower Colorado River

Associated Press Jul 6, 2022

Lake Powell from above.

Politics

Colorado River cuts to be negotiated in the coming months

Parker Malatesta Jun 15, 2022

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Federal officials sent seven western states a letter this week warning them that they're considering cutting the amount of water that flows through the Colorado River to the Southwest to maintain Lake Powell and prevent it from shrinking to a point at which Glen Canyon Dam could no longer produce hydropower. Consideration of what would be an unprecedented move comes sooner than water officials expected as they reckon with the effects drought and climate change have on their urban and agricultural customers.

Utah

Officials weigh Lake Powell emergency actions

Associated Press Apr 14, 2022

The record-setting Walleye caught by Colby Woodruff.

Wildlife

Four Utah fishing records set in 2021

TownLift Jan 5, 2022

Monarch Butterfly populations have been decreasing since the 1980s.

News

Endangered Species Day: DWR and other agencies help native species

TownLift May 21, 2021

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