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Amid a prolonged megadrought, the Bureau of Reclamation is predicting that Lake Powell may drop close to a “dead pool." But, water managers won’t let that happen. They’ll first tap into reservoirs further upstream – including in New Mexico.

A new study from Los Alamos National Laboratory shows that New Mexico’s beloved piñon pine trees may be more flexible in how they handle extreme drought than scientists once thought.

A warming climate — fueled in part by the state’s oil and gas production — has parched rivers and turned forests to tinder.

Drought conditions in the Rocky Mountains could further lower water levels at Lake Powell.

The authors of a new memo say that states need to take shared water cutbacks to manage the Colorado River going forward.

Utah is using a technology that can add more water to the state's supply. Others in the Colorado River basin are looking to expand.

As the Southwest heads into peak fire season, the Trump Administration’s cuts to federal agencies are set to hit some local recreational economies hard – especially as conditions ripen for wildfire.

A new national forecast warns that above-normal wildfire risk will exist through most of New Mexico by April. Meanwhile, federal cuts could leave one-third of the state without dispatchers to monitor for nascent blazes and fewer firefighters to respond if they blow up.silver

Water managers across the West say they do not expect a new Trump administration will alter post-2026 Colorado River talks.

Engineering hurdles, high costs and political challenges stand in the way of an easy fix to the West's water shortages. This is Part 1 in the Western Water Myths five-part series.