drought

There’s red flag warnings and heat advisories in several areas of the Northwest this week, along with several growing wildfires.

Eastern Washington is in for another hot, dry summer. But – spring rains mean the west side of the state will no longer face a drought.

There was a major drought last year that shortened crop seed supply. Now, a deepening drought this spring paired with a dearth of forage for cattle, is causing a Western-wide run on crop seed. Meanwhile, hay is in short supply. And Northwest cattle operators are surveying their empty, dried-up watering holes, calculating how much grass they’ll have this spring.

Nicole Berg wades into her stunted wheat field. It’s so short and sparse, she doesn’t think the combine can even reach the wheat without eating rocks.…

In the shadow of remote Dry Mountain, branding is the only way to guarantee a fair sorting of cattle between ranchers in the fall.Animals’ ear tags can…

Early this winter, skiers in the Northwest were excited. But then after about Christmas things turned dour. The once-epic snowpack is now long gone. In…

The looming threat of drought next summer has water managers willing to try anything to build up winter snowpack. Idaho and other Western states are…

The summer’s early snowmelt, record temperatures and drought in the Northwest killed young hatchery fish and adult fish returning to spawn. And federal…

In some areas of the Northwest, dryland farmers are getting impatient. They need rain to plant winter wheat.Federal agencies released their weekly drought…

When it comes to watering your lawn during drought and wildfire season, what’s the sweet spot between water conservation and fire hazard?The Northwest is…