drought

Absent intervention by state wildlife officials, Nevada’s state animal, the desert bighorn sheep, may see its herds thinned by starvation because of drought.

Climate scientists say increasing global temperatures have driven soil moisture in the Southwest below a critical point, creating a positive feedback loop of hotter and drier conditions.

The Grand Canyon State has been experiencing a historic drought since 1994, and has been under an official drought declaration since 1999.

A dry monsoon season mixed with some of the hottest average temperatures in Arizona record has led to concerningly low soil moisture heading into the winter.

After a few wet winters, Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday ended a years-long drought emergency declaration for 19 counties across the state.

Experts report that without further adaptation to prepare for worsening climate change impacts, California will see significant losses of available water and potentially devastating effects on watersheds.

As the Salton Sea shrinks, the exposed lakebed has caused increased pollution and health problems for communities in California's Imperial County and beyond, researchers found.

In its annual forest health report, the Department of Natural Resources found worrisome trends for drought-stressed trees in the state.

The past few days of moisture pulled some parts of Montana out of impending deep drought, but western Montana is still critically dry with low snowpack and low streamflows.

Matt Hall, chief of DNRC’s Fire Protection Bureau, said the department plans to hire just over 100 seasonal firefighters this year.