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POWJH Receives Community Foundation Competitive Grant
May 20, 2026 Protect Our Water Jackson Hole (POWJH) has received a $10,000 Competitive Grant from the Community Foundation of Jackson Hole to support continued water quality monitoring on Fish...
Scientists Find Climate Change is Reducing Oxygen in Rivers Worldwide
WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming is causing rivers to slowly lose oxygen, threatening fish and other lives in the waterways, a new study shows. Researchers in China used satellites and...
California, Nevada and Arizona Announce Temporary Plan to Save Water from the Colorado River
Absent a longer term deal on how to share a key but dwindling water source in the U.S. West, three states say they’ll cut back significantly to prop up reservoirs...
What does this year’s abysmal snowpack mean for the Snake?
April 10, 2026 Almost every other watershed in Wyoming notched its record-worst snowpack. Colorado is suffering a 26 percent of median snowpack statewide, easily the worst on record. Headlines there preview...
Toxic Algae Confirmed in Multiple Greater Yellowstone Lakes
Not uncommon for late summer, Greater Yellowstone is currently facing a surge in harmful algae blooms. Caused by an overgrowth of bacteria called cyanobacteria that has the potential to produce...
The Drying Planet
Water From Land Has Become a Leading Driver of Sea Level Rise: As the planet gets hotter and its reservoirs shrink and its glaciers melt, people have increasingly drilled into...
Some Plans in Place, but Water Quality Still Needs Action
Teton County is about 50 years behind most of the nation when it comes to protecting water quality. It is encouraging that we now have a water quality master plan,...
Wind, Snake, Bear Rivers Hit Record Low Flows as Wyoming’s Summer Drought Gains Steam
Snowpack isn’t what it used to be. Severe drought has set in for portions of western Wyoming river basins, even after decent snow years, due to factors exacerbated by climate...
Wyoming’s Crowded Lonesome Lake Tops EPA’s National Survey for Fecal Contamination
Environmental regulators have launched an investigation into a heavily trafficked lake below the Cirque of the Towers in the Wind River Range, with an Enterococci reading 384 times the safety...
If You Build It, Will They Come?
Grand Targhee Resort has requested more public land for a game-changing expansion. But critics say the impact to area wildlife and local Wyoming and Idaho communities would be drastic. View...