July 31, 2021 Lake Mead, Hoover Dam face historically low water levels amid drought Lake Mead, one of the National Park Service’s most visited vacation spots, rests in the shadow of the Hoover Dam. But there’s a problem: The lake is getting real low.
July 31, 2021 How to reduce the risk of a shark attack All it took for American theater audiences to be terrified of shark attacks was a score of two ominous notes.
July 24, 2021 Expanding Western drought sets 122-year record: scientists The percentage of devasting drought covering the western U.S. has set a 122-year record, based on Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) statistics.
July 15, 2021 Utah's Great Salt Lake dips to record low, Lake Mead also in crisis amid drought Utah Rivers Council reported at the end of June that United States Geological Survey data showed the Great Salt Lake had dropped to a level of more than 4,191.2 feet.
June 18, 2021 Florida red tide prompts cleanup of dead fish from Gulf Coast beaches: reports Scores of dead fish were being cleaned up from beaches in Pinellas County, Florida, this week, the result of "red tide" conditions in the area, according to a report.
June 8, 2021 Wisconsin police commend officer who saved unconscious woman from a river The Eau Claire Police Department in western Wisconsin is commending an officer for saving an unconscious woman from a river in the early hours of Sunday morning.
June 4, 2021 California faces worst drought in decades: 'Economic disaster' After two consecutive dry years, the California drought is back.
June 2, 2021 Man drowns in lake after jumping in to help girlfriend A Minnesota man drowned after he jumped off a boat to try to help his girlfriend struggling in the water.
June 2, 2021 California triple-digit heat wave warning for elderly, pets A heatwave swept drought-stricken Northern California this week, breaking records and baking an already parched landscape.
April 23, 2021 Sen. Daines & Rep. Newhouse: Obama-Biden water rule – here's why we must stop this overreach... again We have a vested interest in how the federal government’s regulations impact water, agriculture and natural resources across the country – especially when these regulations burden the rural communities we represent.