Oct 6, 2025 · A groundwater crisis halted the construction of thousands of homes and pitted affordability against environmental concerns.

Oct 22, 2025 · The first crack in the area’s suspension on new housing that relies on groundwater appears.

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Apr 1, 2026 · In the Trump administration’s reorganization of the struggling agency, painful echoes of BLM’s past moves.

Jul 1, 2025 · Climate change is creating a mental health crisis in Phoenix. A budding movement in the desert might solve it.

Feb 11, 2026 · While the seven Colorado River Basin states try to reach agreement over how to divvy up diminishing flows in the Colorado River, another crisis lies in the design of Glen Canyon Dam, …

Mar 20, 2026 · HCN: It sounds like it would be much more expansive than Interior’s previous investigations into the federal role of boarding schools under the Biden administration.

Before joining HCN, Anna honed her fundraising skills with a number of stellar nonprofit conservation organizations, including Advocates for the West, the Sawtooth Society and Snake River Waterkeeper.

HCN looks at several Western ecosystems and the various species that depend on them — including the human beings who rely on the drought-stricken Colorado River. How are farmers in the Colorado ...