Tag: Arizona
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FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Investments to Protect the Colorado River System
President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda is Enhancing Drought Resilience and Strengthening Water Security in the West The Biden-Harris Administration is leading a whole-of-government effort to make Western communities more resilient to climate change and the ongoing megadrought by harnessing the full resources of the President’s historic Investing in America agenda. The Inflation Reduction Act…
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Agribusiness focuses on drought, not climate change
Arizona Capitol Times You will never hear the words “water crisis” said aloud in the in the chambers of the Arizona Legislature, Salt River Project, or Central Arizona Project. The fact the reservoirs on the Colorado River, which store irrigation water for our farms, have hit their lowest levels has not prompted our state’s Department…
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Colorado basin drought sparks water limits at huge US reservoir
“The only way to address these challenges and climate change is to utilize the best available science and to work co-operatively across the landscapes and communities that rely on the Colorado River.”
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Over 3 Million Gallons of Lifesaving Water to Be Delivered to Wildlife in Arizona
Photo Credit: Wikimedia/katsrcool The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) will soon deliver nearly 3 million gallons of life-saving water to some of the state’s most vulnerable residents — herds of elk, bighorn sheep, bison, and other animals — as already severe drought conditions intensify. The department plans to carry the unprecedented amount of water…
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Drought Spreads to 93 Percent of West — That’s Never Happened
More than 93% of the seven Western USA states is in drought. 59% is in extreme or exceptional drought – the very worst drought conditions.