The Water Fiscal Cliff

While the fiscal cliff may have been averted for a while, there is still a water infrastructure cliff looming on the horizon. Michael Reuter serves as director for The Nature Conservancy’s North America Freshwater Program and for the Great Rivers Partnership, and he has written an opinion/editorial on the need to reshape the way we [...]

U.S. Drought Concerns

In the U.S., a mostly dry, mild winter has caused 48 of 50 states to be considered abnormally dry or having drought conditions according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The Drought Monitor ranks the intensity of a drought with five levels, starting with “abnormally dry (D0)” as the lowest recognized level of drought to “exceptional [...]