Of the millions of businesses in the U.S., just 1 percent are owned by Native Americans. A nonprofit of the Navajo Nation has started a unique business incubator to foster economic development... Read Original Story
The arid West is getting drier, and shrinking water supplies pose a boatload of risks to human health throughout the region.
Those findings come from a new federal report on climate change that also... Read Original Story
Six months after three southwestern states struck a deal to keep more Colorado River water behind drought-shrunken Hoover Dam, those states face the first test of whether it’s enough to keep the... Read Original Story
In the West, ongoing drought and drier future are forcing us all to think about how we use water differently.
One farmer up in northern Arizona is using ancient practices to grow food.
The Show... Read Original Story
Grand Canyon river runners enjoyed the best camping beaches in years this season, and a riverside vegetation restoration project got a boost, both the result of the first planned springtime flood on... Read Original Story
AMERICA’S STEWARDSHIP of one of its most precious resources, groundwater, relies on a patchwork of state and local rules so lax and outdated that in many places oversight is all but nonexistent, a... Read Original Story
For people who visit or call Grand Canyon National Park home, the water issues mainly come around moving water up to the rim where the homes, hotels, and other businesses sit. But, head downstream to... Read Original Story
Beginning Nov. 1, Arches National Park will conclude the temporary, timed entry pilot that has operated since April 1, according to a statement from the National Park Service.
Timed entry tickets... Read Original Story