Evanston, Wyoming • Adrian Hunolt and his family run a cattle ranch on 8,500 acres along a bend in the Bear River, just a few miles from its headwaters in the Uinta Mountains. The river is the ...

The Great Salt Lake has lost more than 15 billion cubic yards of water over the past three decades, is getting shallower at the rate of 4 inches a year, and an analysis of its water budget suggests ...

The oldest tree species is the Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva). The oldest tree of the species is named Methuselah and is more than 4,800 years old. The longevity of the Great Basin ...

In the arid and drought-stricken western Great Basin, sparse surface water means rural communities often rely on private groundwater wells. Unlike municipal water systems, well water quality in ...

Spokane got exactly what it wanted from President Warren G. Harding’s visit. In Harding’s speech at the Spokane Armory, he gave a ringing endorsement of the proposed Columbia Basin irrigation project.

Michael Hanson left to right, Michael Kirsch, (North Unit Irrigation District), Dave Moldal (Energy Trust of Oregon), Craig Horrell (Central Oregon Irrigation District and Deschutes Basin Board of ...

Jon Erickson, chair of Columbia Basin Development League; development coordinator, East Columbia Basin Irrigation District. (Courtesy East Columbia Basin Irrigation District) A change in management ...