According to the latest crop report from a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert, crop conditions vary around the state, with the upper Gulf Coast and Central and North Texas beginning the year in better shape than the High Plains. Full Story
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Following three years of extreme drought, the city of Wichita Falls has turned to the extreme measure of drawing from wastewater for half of its drinking water. Full Story
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A White House report on climate change that urges action to combat drought, severe storms and temperatures, and sea level rise has stirred criticism among congressional Republicans. Full Story
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Two Texas water experts have offered insights on what Colorado could learn from Texas' approach to water problems. Full Story
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Registration is now open for the 2014 Texas Water Summit. This year's event, called “Securing Our Economic Future,” will be held May 19 in Austin. Full Story
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An April 30 webinar titled "Keeping Rivers Flowing: Innovative Strategies to Protect and Restore Rivers" will discuss the future health of Texas' rivers, bays and estuaries. Full Story
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Researchers continue to monitor changes to the parched Colorado River delta caused by the temporary "pulse flow" of water released as an environmental experiment by the U.S. and Mexico. Full Story
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Insurers are asking whether water losses from hurricanes have become more significant than losses from wind damage as more people choose to move or to build close to the beach. Full Story
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Scientists from Texas A&M University are working with a team of Brazilian researchers to study the effects of deforestation on fish in the Amazon River, where about 56 percent of the forest has been cut over the past four decades. Full Story
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An update on the public input process on Prop 6, the state constitutional amendment creating a new state water fund to carry out water projects in the state water plan, has been issued by the Texas Living Waters Project. Full Story
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