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How Do You Find Water in the Desert? Southern Utah Faces Tough Choices

11 December 2014
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How will Utah deal with increased demand for water in the future? Build more infrastructure, conserve, or both? That debate is now taking place in southern Utah.

Beaver Dam Mapping App Now Available for Citizen Scientists

13 July 2014
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Scientists are studying how beavers could be used as a tool for stream restoration and are looking to you for help.

Desert Dust Events Could Trigger Early Wasatch Snowmelt

04 March 2014
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Dust events occur regularly each spring along the Wasatch Front, and they could be impacting how much water is ultimately available for Utah residents.

Colorado Named the Most Endangered River - KCPW

25 April 2013
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(Audio) Extensive irrigation projects and dams are heavily impacting one of the nation's most iconic and important rivers, the Colorado.

Governor Herbert Says No to Snake Valley Agreement--KCPW

29 March 2013
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(Audio) Governor Gary Herbert announced that he will not sign a water sharing agreement with the state of Nevada.