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Wildfire burning on Navajo Mountain reaches more than 2,200 acres
The Bridge Creek Fire — burning on Navajo Mountain — has reached 2,274 acres. The lightning-caused fire is burning in grass ...
Navajo-Hopi Observer16h
2,200-acre Navajo Mountain fire is not contained, community not at risk
The Bridge Fire burning on the upper northern slopes of Navajo Mountain, Utah, is now more than 2,000 acres and has no ...
Arizona Daily Star17h
Arizona water chief: Release Colorado River water based on what's there
The proposal would base annual releases from Powell to the three Lower Colorado River Basin states — Arizona, California and ...
Colorado Politics18h
Ted Cooke, former Central Arizona Project GM, named Bureau of Reclamation's new leader
Ted Cooke, former general manager of the Central Arizona Project, has been nominated to lead the Bureau of Reclamation.
Arizona Daily Star20h
Why electricity production is at risk at both huge Colorado River reservoirs
The worst-case forecast has Lake Powell falling to low enough levels by the end of next year to halt electricity production ...
KNAU Arizona Public Radio21h
Trump budget cuts put USGS labs in Flagstaff at risk
The Trump administration wants to strip funding for two U.S. Geological Survey labs in Flagstaff that research the Colorado ...
Circle of Blue1d
Once a Showcase of American Optimism and Engineering, Hoover Dam Faces New Power Generation Declines
The long-term drying of the American Southwest poses a gathering and measurable threat to hydropower generation in the Colorado River basin. Should Lake Mead, the reservoir formed by Hoover Dam, ...