Climate change is shrinking the Colorado River
Between 2000 and 2014, annual Colorado River flows averaged 19% below the 1906–1999 average, the worst 15-year drought on record. Approximately one-third of the flow …
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Once there were fish, but then the coal mining began
The stretch of bone-dry, cracked land doesn’t look like much. But until recently, it was a spring, according to rancher L.J. Turner of Wright, Wyo. …
Brood Awakening: 17-Year Cicadas Emerge 4 Years Early
Good news and bad news. The good news? Epic eastern cicada action! Swarms of cicadas are unexpectedly crawling out from under trees from North Carolina …
Fish In Hot Water
A harrowing report released by the environmental nonprofit organization California Trout and the University of California Davis on Tuesday states that nearly 75 percent of …
Convergence
Convergence, from Conservation Hawks, has been touring the country with the 2017 Fly Fishing Film Tour.
Climate change has rerouted an entire river
A team of scientists on Monday documented what they’re describing as the first case of large-scale river reorganization as a result of human-caused climate change. They found that …
EPA office flooded with calls after Scott Pruitt’s idiotic comments
The office of Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency-hating chief of the EPA, was deluged with phone calls Friday over his numbskull remarks about carbon dioxide …
Hydropower isn’t carbon neutral after all
Think that hydropower is carbon neutral? Washington State University researchers have learned that reservoirs produce much more methane, a potent greenhouse gas, than previously understood. …
Mountain streams show surprising resilience to climate change
A recent study shows that mountain streams in the Northwest are warming at a slower rate than predicted, and providing crucial refuge for cold-water species. …
Floating Fish and a Sinking Economy
The Yellowstone River fish die-off foreshadows a bigger threat to Montana’s outdoor heritage: climate change. This summer, Montana’s world-renowned rivers and cold-water fisheries have experienced …