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The drought's getting worse, particularly in the Southwest, says new study

April 9, 2021

Annual precipitation in our region dropped by eight times more than in the West as a whole from 1976 to 2019. The total decline of 3.2 inches in the Southwest compared to 0.4 inches regionwide.

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In the West, Signs in the Snow Warn That a 20-Year Drought Will Persist and Intensify

April 9, 2021

Critical April 1 snowpack readings once again spell trouble, and new studies show the warming climate is lengthening dry spells and shrinking the snowpack, even in winter.

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Climate change is impacting weather patterns across the West, study reveals

April 9, 2021

Droughts are lasting longer and rainfall is becoming more erratic across the Western hemisphere, according to a new study published by the US Department of Agriculture. 

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How drought and constant fire are impacting Arizona

April 9, 2021

Conditions in the Southwest are getting drier, but there is some possibility for hope later this year.

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A Warmer Climate May Spell Doom For Western Butterflies

April 9, 2021

Wide open spaces, like much of Wyoming, are known to be strongholds for pollinators like butterflies. They often contain critical habitat and food resources, far away from the disturbance of human civilization. But it turns out even those areas are under threat.

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Arizona sitting in rare territory for extreme drought conditions

April 9, 2021

After last summer’s poor monsoon followed by a weak winter, the U.S. Drought Monitor shows 55% of Arizona is in the exceptional drought category, the worst level.

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River advocacy group hosts annual meeting April 17

April 9, 2021

Friends of the Santa Cruz River (FOSCR) invites all community members who love the river to join its annual meeting on Saturday, April 17.

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Local First Arizona’s SCALE UP Program Launches Dynamic New Sustainability Project

April 9, 2021

The mission of Local First Arizona (LFA) is to build equitable systems for Arizona’s local businesses and communities that create a vibrant, inclusive and sustainable Arizona economy by strengthening, supporting and celebrating entrepreneurship, rural and urban community development, racial equity, environmental action and food access. 

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50 Years of Drought: New USDA Study Shows Dry Periods are Growing in Western U.S.

April 8, 2021

Farmers are heading into the spring planting season with drought covering a good portion of the western half of the country.  A new study looking into the problem shows dry periods between rain have become longer in the West. It also says yearly rainfall has become more erratic across most of the western U.S. over the past 50 years.

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Longer, More Frequent Periods of Drought Plague Western United States

April 5, 2021

According to a new study from UArizona researchers, average temperatures have increased, annual rainfall has decreased, and dry periods have become longer and more variable across the American West over the last 50 years.

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