The Colorado River District, a taxpayer-funded agency founded to keep water flowing to the cities and farms of Western Colorado, is poised to spend nearly $100 million on rights to the water that flows through the Shoshone facility.

In Arizona, the Bureau of Land Management’s updated Western Solar Plan plan lists around 4.8 million acres as potentially available and more than 7.2 million acres as not suitable for solar.

SRP reports snowpack in the Salt River watershed is now above-average, which will mean another year of healthy reservoir levels.

Federal water managers proposed a new plan to protect native fish species in the Grand Canyon, but conservation groups say it doesn’t go far enough.

The Climbing Association of Southern Arizona is one of several groups speaking out against a November draft policy from the National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service that could prohibit anchor bolts in wilderness areas.

The Phoenix City Council unanimously approved up to $14 million to add trees and shade over five years. The bulk of money will come from the federal government in two ways: the American Rescue Plan Act and the Inflation Reduction Act. Both prioritize investments in public safety and neighborhood equity.

Cattle ranching helped shape rural Arizona into what it is today. Researchers say that cattle have emerged as a major driver of climate change. Conservationists say it’s time to re-examine grazing on public lands.

The city of Phoenix, Arizona nonprofit Waste Not, the National Resource Defense Council and local chef Chris Lenza have teamed up on a project to reduce food waste.

A new pilot program in Phoenix is increasing public access to chilled water. The city recently installed two fountain prototypes downtown.