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The federal government indicated its support on Tuesday for a plan hammered out by the Lower Basin states to conserve water in the Colorado River over the next three years. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports.
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The Coconino County Board of Supervisors heard plans Tuesday for forest restoration work west of the San Francisco Peaks to lessen the risk of catastrophic wildfires. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports.
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The deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy met Wednesday in Flagstaff with Navajo and Hopi leaders to discuss an unprecedented federal investment in solar energy for tribal homes.
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The Coconino County Flood Control District will present a pair of studies to its Board of Directors Tuesday that forecast the risks of post-wildfire floods in the Rio de Flag watershed in Flagstaff.
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The Arizona Department of Housing awarded $2 million to an Indigenous-led, Utah-based nonprofit to address housing needs on the Navajo Nation. It’s the first time money from the state’s housing trust fund has been allocated to a nonprofit group.
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A new children’s book tells the story of a young farmhand–turned–astronomer named Clyde Tombaugh who spotted Pluto from Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory. Sedona author Diane Phelps Budden hopes it will inspire children to chase their dreams.
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The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation released a draft plan Wednesday responding to the invasion of nonnative, predatory fish in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam.
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The Forest Service recently released a proposal to revise its forest management plans to protect old-growth trees. KNAU spoke about this unprecedented effort with Andrew Sanchez Meador, executive director of NAU's Ecological Restoration Institute.
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A new report from the U.S. Geological Survey and the Havasupai Tribe identifies Tribal concerns about exposure to uranium mining in the Grand Canyon watershed.
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A new study from Northern Arizona University found redwood trees burned by wildfires can draw on century-old carbon reserves to re-sprout.