water

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.

There are still 24 reservoirs, ponds and lakes in Utah that could have harmful algal blooms, which pose some unique threats to hunters gearing up for the start of waterfowl season.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Region 2 in Missoula has finalized its recreation “strategy” for Fish Creek State Park and the surrounding Fish Creek Wildlife Management Area west of Missoula.

The Klamath River dam removal unblocked nearly 400 miles of waterways in a big win for local Native American tribes.

The state of Montana has chosen to update the way it monitors certain water pollutants, but some water watchdogs are calling the changes a step backward.

A team of scientists led by the University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station and the Karuk Tribe of Northern California recently discovered blooms of toxin-producing cyanobacteria in apparently pristine streams.

A conservation easement in the Swan Valley could become the next use of funding from the Open Space Bond if Missoula County commissioners approve the proposal this week.

A White House council has recognized a Montana project to improve fish passage in the tributaries of the Clark Fork River as one of 10 best.

water managers and state officials announced a 10,000 acre-foot donation of water, stemming from Utah Lake, that will be conveyed through the Jordan River into the south arm of the Great Salt Lake.

Mike Garrity writes, "The Forest Service estimates that the Gold Butterfly project will result in a net loss of $4.2 million to federal taxpayers."