PAGE, Ariz. (AP) — A prized fishery below Glen Canyon Dam is getting more rainbow trout. The Arizona Game and Fish Department says it will stock trout this week below the Lees Ferry boat ramp where anglers can walk in to the Colorado River. That hasn’t been done since 1998. […]
LITTLEFIELD, Ariz. (AP) — The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office has identified human remains found north of the Colorado River in northwestern Arizona. They say the remains are those of 63-year-old Susan Marie McFalls from Littlefield. The county Medical Examiner’s Office was able to identify the remains using medical records and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney took up the question of water shortage this week in Utah, one of the driest states in the country, during a debate as he runs for a U.S. Senate seat in his adopted home state against Democrat Jenny Wilson. But federal water managers […]
DENVER (AP) — Seven Southwestern U.S. states that depend on the overtaxed Colorado River say they have reached tentative agreements on how to manage the waterway amid an unprecedented drought. The plans announced Tuesday were a milestone for the river, which supports 40 million people and 6,300 square miles (16,300 […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A federal agency’s decision to pass on permitting for much of the Lake Powell Pipeline has opponents cheering the move they say will bring increased scrutiny while supporters maintain the project is still on track. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced Thursday that it had […]
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Latest on a drought contingency plan for the Colorado River (all times local): Federal officials are painting a dire picture of the Colorado River water supply and urging Western states to better plan for it and quickly. The river serves 40 million people and farmland […]
DENVER (AP) — The outlook for the most important river in the Southwestern U.S. remains grim this summer after April storms failed to produce much snow in the mountains that feed the waterway, forecasters said Monday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the Colorado River is expected to carry […]
