Following the first-ever water shortage declaration for the Colorado River on Monday, conservation groups are warning that the approaching cuts in water use won t be enough, and they continue to call for an immediate moratorium on the Lake Powell Pipeline and other large-scale water projects
ST. GEORGE Motorists traveling on the Arizona stretch of I-15 that runs through Littlefield can expect to see southbound travel restricted to a single lane next week.
According to a press release from the Arizona Department of Transportation, starting Monday and running through Friday between 6 a.m. and 4 p.m., inspection work being done on the bridge over the Virgin River in the area of mile 9 will reduce southbound traffic to a single lane.
Motorists are advised to exercise caution when passing through the construction zone and adhere to the 45 mph speed limit.
ST. GEORGE State and local fire officials are saying the annual fire season may as well be the fire year, with brush fires occurring outside of the usual season window and dangerous fire conditions that are usually not seen until the summer months already in play. We re in a county that is very dry and very brittle, Hurricane Valley Fire Chief Tom Kuhlmann said during a Washington County Commission meeting Tuesday.
Kuhlmann said he and other area fire chiefs used to talk about the oncoming fire season this time of year, but with more fires igniting in the winter and spring, the fire season may as well run from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31.
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ST. GEORGE If you re thinking of visiting Gunlock Reservoir for its waterfalls this year, consider a change of plans.
For the last two years, the waterfalls that spilled out of Gunlock Reservoir flowed due to the high levels of melting snowpack present in the mountains at the time. This year, due to low snowpack, water levels at Gunlock aren t rising to the occasion as they have in previous years.
Around this time in 2019 and 2020, southwest Utah saw snowpacks of 190% and 120% of average respectively. As of April 12, 2021, the snowpack is at 32% of average, according to the National Resources Conservation Service.
The previous years high snowpack filled Gunlock and the county s other reservoirs to capacity or close to it. In Gunlock s case, this allowed excess water to spill over the reservoir s southern end and down into the Santa Clara River.