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A drift boat with people fly fishing floats down the Yellowstone River, Friday, July 31, 2026, near Livingston, Montana. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Fishing closures are becoming routine as record heat warms rivers in the West

Many trout anglers let their catch swim free after netting it. But temperature-stressed rainbow or cutthroat trout can die if they’re out of water even briefly.

A formerly floating buoy now sits high and dry above Lake Powell at the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Wednesday, July 15, 2026, near Page, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Trump administration spares Southwest from harshest water cuts in new Colorado River plan

11MERCED, CA JULY 28, 2026 -- For a portrait, Hmong small farmer Rosie Lee lets two handfuls of dirt fall in the middle of her 19-acre farm in Merced. Lee is not farming half of the acreage because of a $15,000 water bill sent by the Merced Irrigation-Urban Groundwater Sustainability Agency. (Tomas Ovalle / For The Times).

California’s push to limit groundwater pumping could leave small farmers in the dust

Arvin, CA - April 16: Solar panels as part of the Pastoria Solar Project during a tour of the Pastoria facilities on Thursday, April 16, 2026 in Arvin, CA. (Eric Thayer / Los Angeles Times)

California produced over half its May electricity from solar, a world record

Los Angeles, CA - July 28, 2026: Santee Alley shoppers brave a hot day downtown in Los Angeles, CA on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

SoCal has had ‘so many heat waves,’ but this next one is a doozy: What to know

Climate extremes are becoming more extreme, worrying scientists

French wildfire created a monster cloud, unleashing lightning that ignited more fires

Record-breaking El Niño could gut California’s crab and salmon fleets

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