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Feasting sea otters help reduce erosion, study says

Photo: A sea otter in the estuarine water of Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay, California. (Emma Levy via Courthouse News) The…

4 months ago

Water supplies: states grapple with how to grow in drying West

POLITICO illustration/Photos by iStock Communities are being forced to confront the challenge of not enough water to support building into…

8 months ago

Rebate program helps HOAs become grand-scale water savers

Photo: Landscape renovations of the common area of the 49-home Mall III Lake San Marcos Homeowners Assocation included the removal…

10 months ago

“Destination Stewardship” — the plan to save Tahoe from itself has arrived

Photo: Tahoe community leaders are determined to dampen the negative impacts of the estimated 15 million people who visit the lake…

1 year ago

No time to waste for government to protect drought-stricken West

For decades, Western cities like Las Vegas and Tucson, Ariz., have embraced water conservation and recycling as a means of…

1 year ago