Water drips from a leaking irrigation pipe in the west San Joaquin Valley. Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via…
(Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune) Sam Plumb inspects the dry creek bed on his family’s property in Emigration Canyon.…
Large reservoirs have buffered urban areas in the Southwest from the worst of the year’s dry conditions, but rural farmers…
Every summer the U.S. Central Plains go dry, leading farmers to tap into groundwater to irrigate sorghum, soy, cotton, wheat…
Certain native species, such as Eucalyptus populnea, can combat the effects of drought. As parts of the country face the…