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As Lake Mead drops below shortage mark, shifting shorelines keep marinas in motion

As Lake Mead drops below shortage mark, shifting shorelines keep marinas in motion Ian James, Arizona Republic LAKE MEAD, Nevada People who fish for striped bass and catfish in Lake Mead are seeing their favorite stretches of shoreline transform around them. The reservoir near Las Vegas has been dropping week after week, reshaping the moist, sandy ground where anglers cast their lines into the lapping water. “Every week, it’s further and further,” said Stephen D’Agostino, who was fishing with a friend on the shore. He motioned to a pile of rocks about 40 feet from the water and said that was where the lake had been two months ago.

Megadrought persists in western U S , as another extremely dry year develops

‘Megadrought’ persists in western U.S., as another extremely dry year develops The long-running dry stretch rivals anything in the last 1200 years, a sign of climate-change induced aridification. ByAlejandra Borunda Email Water levels usually peak in May at Folsom Lake in California, rising as Sierra Nevada snowpack melts away and courses down to the reservoir, near Sacramento. But this year, the drought that has gripped much of the U.S. West is already so strong that the lake is only half as full as normal. Instead of water, fields of purple lupines line vast swaths of dry lakebed. Folsom Lake’s situation is emblematic of the deepening drought across the western United States. As of May 6, 67 percent of the region was in a state of “severe” drought or worse; a stunning 21 percent is already in “exceptional” drought, the worst category in the U.S. Drought Monitor’s framework. At Lake Mead, one of the two major reservoirs of the Colorado River, which some 40 mi

When the Good News From Oil and Gas Isn t So Good

In late March, New Mexico’s largest newspaper ran a story about how 2020 set records for oil and gas production in the state: More fossil fuels were pumped out of the ground last year than ever before. The Albuquerque Journal story, published in a weekly stand-alone business section, quoted a pair of company owners and an industry spokesperson. The original story was rewritten and repackaged by other outlets both in and outside of New Mexico.  Join our email list to get the stories that mainstream news is overlooking.  The story proved popular with the industry. On the day it was published, the state’s most prominent oil and gas lobbying group put the story on its website and social media platforms and followed up with posts of how petroleum revenues pay for so much of the state’s budget. 

A shrinking river sparks a fight for water access

A shrinking river sparks a fight for water access © Colorado Water Trust Marsha Daughenbaugh depends on the Colorado River to grow feed for her cattle Scientists have been predicting for years that the Colorado River would continue to deplete due to global warming and increased water demands, but according to new studies it s looking worse than they thought. That worries rancher Marsha Daughenbaugh, 68, of Steamboat Springs, who relies on the water from the Colorado River to grow feed for her cattle. That water is our lifeblood and without it we would not have the place that we do, says Daughenbaugh, who was raised on this ranch and is hoping to pass it down to her children and the next generation.

The water fight over the shrinking Colorado River

BBC News By Paige Sutherland image captionMarsha Daughenbaugh depends on the Colorado River to grow feed for her cattle Scientists have been predicting for years that the Colorado River would continue to deplete due to global warming and increased water demands, but according to new studies it s looking worse than they thought. That worries rancher Marsha Daughenbaugh, 68, of Steamboat Springs, who relies on the water from the Colorado River to grow feed for her cattle. That water is our lifeblood and without it we would not have the place that we do, says Daughenbaugh, who was raised on this ranch and is hoping to pass it down to her children and the next generation.

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