Highlights from a Discussion of the Colorado River Basin and Glen Canyon Dam

A virtual conference is scheduled on Monday to discuss the future of the Colorado River with some of the nation's leading scientists, Indigenous community leaders along with former and high-ranking federal officials.

A multi-decade drought has left Lake Mead and Lake Powell with record low water levels.

Opponents say the project would threaten roads, wildlife, and even the night sky itself, not to mention the lifeblood of the South Rim: water. Proponents point to economic development to serve an ever-increasing number of visitors.

Living in Geologic Time: Will desertification overtake Nevada’s half-million-year history of wetlands?

Arizona’s Department of Environmental Quality is allowing a uranium mine operator to spray water laced with uranium and arsenic on the ground to keep dust down on its site, but it is considering the status of the mine’s permit.

Grassroots treaty rights advocates took a stand on the floor of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) evidentiary hearing where the Oglala Sioux tribal government was offering testimony Oct. 30 against Crow Butte uranium mining expansion.

Conservation groups hoped a new national monument would halt mining, but President Obama passed on the proposal.