The Western United States is locked in an extreme drought this year that is one of the worst on record. But for a large part…
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When Living in California Means Fearing the Outdoors
These fires now affect tens of millions of Californians, including those of us who live far from the wildland-urban interface where some of the state’s…
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The Western Drought Is Bad. Here’s What You Should Know About It.
Much of the Western half of the United States is in the grip of a severe drought of historic proportions. Conditions are especially bad in…
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Amid Historic Drought, a New Water War in the West
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — Through the marshlands along the Oregon-California border, the federal government a century ago carved a whole new landscape, draining lakes and…
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Why Corcoran, Calif., Keeps Shrinking
CORCORAN, Calif. — In California’s San Joaquin Valley, the farming town of Corcoran has a multimillion-dollar problem. It is almost impossible to see, yet so…
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The Central California Town That Keeps Sinking
CORCORAN, Calif. — In California’s San Joaquin Valley, the farming town of Corcoran has a multimillion-dollar problem. It is almost impossible to see, yet so…
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Severe Drought, Worsened by Climate Change, Ravages the American West
ALBUQUERQUE — This year, New Mexican officials have a message for farmers who depend on irrigation water from the Rio Grande and other rivers: Unless…
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Palisades Fire: One Evacuation Order Lifted Near Los Angeles
An encroaching wildfire that forced the evacuation of hundreds of people on the outskirts of Los Angeles over the weekend is being called a warning…
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The Hoover Dam Made Life in the West Possible. Or So We Thought.
The other day I walked the floor of Lake Mead, a cracked and sun-baked Martian-scape that was once more than a hundred feet underwater. On…
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‘Firefighters Out There in the Snow’: Wildfires Rage Early in Parched West
RUIDOSO, N.M. — New Mexico’s first major wildfire of the year ignited this week near a campground where visitors can hike to view hundreds of…
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