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Supreme Court imperils arroyos, wetlands
Plus: Haaland implements Chaco oil and gas ban; groundwater worries gum up AZ growth machine
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Will Colorado River cuts create a new Dust Bowl?
Plus: A little ditty on the water-energy-water nexus
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Breaking down the"breakthrough" Colorado River deal
It's big news, but probably won't be enough to save the river system
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Luxury houseboat sinks on Lake Powell
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Episodes and images from a broken, beautiful America
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Lake Powell: What is it good for?
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Foto Friday: Memories of Canyon de Chelly
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FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: What are you watching (about the West)?
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A dusty journey on the San Juan
A runoff season longread
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Lisbon Valley mining land rush continues
Australian company hypes its proposed Utah Lithium Project
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Fires, Snowslides, and Floods -- Oh my!
And a variety of other news tidbits
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Can we engineer our way out of drought?
The Low Flow Conveyance Channel suggests the answer is "no."
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Rowdy Runoff + Uranium activity on Bears Ears border
A snowmelt torrent takes a bite out of Highway 133, stranding Somerset residents
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Gentrified Bluff; Uranium drilling at disaster site; Runoff watch
And a few more tidbits for your Tuesday reading
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Rico Reprieve + BLM revokes Moab-area lithium permit
NEWS: Atlantic Richfield Company purchases more than 1,000 acres of patented mining claims and other properties from Arizona-based Disposition…
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