A new coalition formed by groups in more than a dozen states, including Kentucky, aims to secure funding for a regional ...

As the rainy season arrives and water levels rise, salmon are migrating upstream to their spawning grounds, with many getting there through the streams that run through popular trails, recreation ...

Hatcheries, which release massive numbers of fish into the wild after raising them in captivity, have long been used to supplement fish supplies affected by human activity. But with the 18 dams on the ...

One year after the last of four hydroelectric dams was removed from the Klamath River in northern California, tribes and environmentalists pronounced the work a success. Salmon are finding their way ...

There is no more water available. That’s the assessment of a new report published Wednesday about the Colorado River by a coalition of environmental groups urging the states that rely on the river and ...

Irrigation equipment seen in a Washington state crop field in 2019. (Photo courtesy of Washington Department of Ecology) In a rare move, all surface water rights holders in the Yakima River Basin will ...

An irrigation canal delivers water in the Kittitas Reclamation District in Central Washington in better times. Even irrigators with senior water rights will be shut off in October. (Don ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...

In a rare move, all surface water rights holders in the Yakima River Basin will see their water curtailed due to lack of available water. The Washington Department of Ecology is ordering a halt to ...

PHOENIX — Central Arizona Project (CAP) delivers water to about 90% of the state’s population. CAP is a 336-mile system of aqueducts, tunnels, pumping plants and pipelines that carries Colorado River ...

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has announced an initiative to help better understand water quality and quantity across Missouri. The DNR says the Missouri Hydrology Atlas is a new ...

A salmon passed through the fish ladder of a key dam on the upper Klamath River on Sept. 24, in what wildlife officials hope is a sign of the iconic fish repopulating ever-greater stretches of the ...