Western Water News

San Miguel River near Telluride, Colorado
Colorado River Talks Must Continue as Deadlines Loom
June 05, 2025 — Creativity and collaboration needed to share a smaller river
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Small shorebirds forage in shallow water.
Ô¼ÅÚÊÓƵ California Project Receives $5.2m for Salton Sea Restoration
May 23, 2025 — Wildlife Conservation Board Grant will help fund work at Bombay Beach Wetlands
Snowy Egret
State Investments for a Resilient Arizona
May 19, 2025 — Annual state budget needs to include funding that protects Arizona’s lands and waters
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Western Kingbird
Investments in Water Resilience Helps Stretch Existing Supplies
May 16, 2025 — Tour of water projects in Tucson, Arizona demonstrates the impact funding has on the ground
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Alameda Wetland
Protecting Albuquerque Area Wetlands
May 16, 2025 — Ô¼ÅÚÊÓƵ Southwest and Albuquerque Open Space partner to conserve these critical jewels.
Banding Together for Burrowing Owls 
April 18, 2025 — Ô¼ÅÚÊÓƵ staff digs deep, literally, to install new artificial burrows.
Rufous Hummingbird
Working Together to Pass Rural Groundwater Management in Arizona
April 10, 2025 — Finding commonalities among legislative proposals
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Ô¼ÅÚÊÓƵ on Great Salt Lake
February 25, 2025 — A snapshot of what we’ve accomplished and the things to come in 2025.
An Innovative Program Supporting the Protection of Irreplaceable Saline Lakes
February 25, 2025 — Effective conservation starts with investing in our understanding of these complex ecosystems.
A cormorant flies over rippling, blue water.
Water Wins (and Some Losses) You Might Have Missed in 2024
February 07, 2025 — Ô¼ÅÚÊÓƵ’s work to protect water for birds and people continues.