The Arkansas Department of Agriculture launched an online dashboard detailing active wildfires across the state this week, as a months-long drought has left a third of the state at a high risk for wildfires and nearly the entire state under burn bans. The dashboard shows the current number of wildfires and acres affected by them, […]
North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong declared a drought emergency Tuesday for counties and tribal nations experiencing extreme and long-term drought conditions. Nearly all of North Dakota, except part of Dickey County, is listed as abnormally dry or suffering moderate, severe or extreme drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. “I’m worried,” Armstrong said in […]
(The Center Square) – Despite record flooding earlier this year, most of Wisconsin remains too dry.
Crews in Utah are getting a hand from the National Guard as wildfires across the state and nation continue to stretch resources thin.
A record-breaking stretch of high temperatures late last month was Colorado’s worst heat wave in the 75 years that such records have been collected, state climatologists said Tuesday. The four-day period from July 25 to 28 included the first- and third-hottest days in Colorado’s recorded history, as measured by the statewide average temperature. The statewide […]
I’ve spent the majority of my career managing water on the Snake River in Idaho, and I can tell you plainly: This year is different. According to the most recent calculations by the Idaho Department of Water Resources, the amount of water needed across southern Idaho to feed crops this past spring ran at nearly […]
Earlier this year, the Trump administration asked Congress for something unusual: $1 billion to save a lake. The president’s budget request proposes a major federal investment to restore the Great Salt Lake, which it calls “a critical economic and ecological asset” for the nation. It comes after Utah’s legislature passed a resolution calling on Washington […]
Two helicopter pilots who died fighting a Utah forest fire were remembered for their dedication in the face of enormous risks.
As the Great Salt Lake dips down toward historic lows, a new network of air quality monitors is taking shape to help measure dust.
ALLEMAN – Hydrologic monitoring stations that help researchers compile flood and drought information useful for farmers and communities will soon be deployed across all of southwestern Iowa, following funding announced Friday by U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn. The $500,000 in federal funding will add 18 hydrologic monitoring stations to Iowa’s existing monitor network, and help establish […]
