Drought in US West pits farms against towns and industry
Rebecca Noble and Andrew Hay
Reuters
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The same heat dome baking the Pacific Northwest with near-record temperatures is simultaneously creating critical wildfire conditions across eight western states. The National Interagency Fire Center has elevated fire danger ratings as temperatures push toward 110°F in Phoenix, 100°F in Fres…
In Arizona, dead fish lie in the dry bed of a reservoir. To the north, a small Utah town could run out of water in months. And in Colorado, a rancher has sold a fifth of her herd as stock ponds stand empty.
Nancy Caywood, co-owner of Caywood Farms, holds a piece of cotton in a fallow field dotted with remnants of past cotton crops at her feet in Casa Grande, Arizona, July 10.
Triple M Farms co-owner Jace Miller, a fifth-generation farmer, examines a field of alfalfa on the Gila River Indian Reservation south of Phoenix, Arizona, July 5.
Nancy Caywood, co-owner of Caywood Farms, holds a piece of cotton in a fallow field dotted with remnants of past cotton crops at her feet in Casa Grande, Arizona, July 10.
Triple M Farms co-owner Jace Miller, a fifth-generation farmer, examines a field of alfalfa on the Gila River Indian Reservation south of Phoenix, Arizona, July 5.
