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Would a Colorado River deal spell disaster for the Grand Canyon?
🥵 Aridification Watch 🐫
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Colorado River users come to their senses?
A supply-driven plan is on the table, but many sticky details remain up in the air
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Where in the West are people moving?
Also: Fire season arrives in Colorado, flood season in New Mexico. More.
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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As the Colorado River shrinks, desert towns grow
Kanab gets a bunch of new development, Imperial Irrigation District scoffs at farmland solar
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Data Dump: Abandoned oil and gas wells in New Mexico
Also: Public lands continue to take a beating, despite one small victory
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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June 2025

Trump fast-tracks more destruction
Plus: Details on Lee's scaled-back public land sell-off plan
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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BREAKING: Mike MAGA Lee changes public land sell off bill
Plus: The Colorado River emotional roller-coaster ride
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Summer Solstice Fiction: Let them eat Blake's
An adapted excerpt from Behind the Slickrock Curtain
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Trump's DOJ takes aim at the Antiquities Act
Also: Cutting through the public land sell-off misinformation
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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Sen. Mike Lee revives public land sell-off bid
A parcel near you may one day be covered in houses
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Spring runoff peaks, winners announced
Also: About that energy dominance thing
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Jonathan P. Thompson
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MAGA intensifies its assault on public lands
🌵 Public Lands 🌲
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