October 11, 2015

Cadiz chief to tackle desert water transfer project roadblock

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Scott Slater, president and CEO of Cadiz Inc. explains the company's position that they believe the groundwater they would harvest wou...
October 5, 2015

BLM decision sets back Cadiz plan to sell Mojave groundwater

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The Fenner Basin, about half of which lies in the Mojave National Preserve. Cadiz Inc. hopes to sell groundwater from the Mojave Desert to S...
September 15, 2015

Gopherus Agassizii: A Cultural History of Tortoises

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A juvenile desert tortoise. (Wbrice83186/Wikipedia/Crerative Commons) The Mojave Project Kim Stringfellow KCET.org / Artbound T he ...
August 31, 2015

At Burning Man, pretty much anything goes

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Burning Man participants visit the site's temple, which will eventually be set on fire. Visitors leave notes inside and in the walls o...
August 30, 2015

How a 1930s water war between California and Arizona delayed Parker Dam

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Parker Dam and Lake Havasu on the Colorado River in 1939. In 1922, six of seven states signed the Colorado River Compact. Upset with its all...
August 25, 2015

New Sheriff Overseeing Burning Man to Crack Down on Naked Rule-Breakers

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The weeklong event in Nevada draws thousands of people — and their drugs Participants walk through dust at the annual Burning Man event in ...
August 5, 2015

Ghost Town Emerges As Drought Makes Nevada's Lake Mead Disappear

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Many of the buildings used to lie 60 feet below the lake surface A sign showing the trail to the ghost town of St. Thomas in the Lake Mead N...
July 22, 2015

Coachella Valley aquifer decline continues

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Water from the Colorado River flows into a percolation pond at the Thomas E. Levy Groundwater Replenishment Facility in La Quinta. (Jay Ca...
July 18, 2015

Shrinking Colorado River is a growing concern for Yuma farmers — and millions of water users

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By WILLIAM YARDLEY Los Angeles Times T he Colorado River begins as snowmelt in the Rocky Mountains and ends 1,450 miles south in Mexico ...
July 13, 2015

The Mojave River: A source of water battles and innovation

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Postcard view of the old automobile bridge at the upper narrows of the Mojave River, circa 1930. The Mojave River flows above ground year-...
July 12, 2015

Lost in the Desert: Proposed Mojave Trails National Monument Remains In Limbo

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Route 66, America's "Mother Road," runs through the heart of the proposed Mojave Trails National Monument, but is in dire ne...
July 5, 2015

Las Vegas completing last straw to draw Lake Mead water

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A worker stands near the end of a tunnel still under construction beneath Lake Mead near Boulder City, Nev. When operational, the three-mi...