Federal and regional agencies signed a nonbinding MOU at Carlsbad to study 'on‑paper' exchanges of desalinated and recycled water across the Colorado River basin.

Park leaders are weighing whether the Minnehaha off‑leash dog park should be closed or moved after tribes say the land is part of the sacred Coldwater Spring footprint.

A wolf at Washington Park Zoo died and a lemur later died from a separate medical event; officials say staff involved in a subsequent wolf-related incident are stable.