USGS Climate highlights their top 5 climate news stories of 2022 on Twitter, choosing our coverage of drought in the Milk and St. Mary river basins as one of them. Besides providing crucial runoff to downstream communities, like the Chippewa Cree Indians, Blackfeet, Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, the rivers also provide “critical water resources for agriculture, urban use, and support critical cold-water fisheries within the U.S. and Canada,” according to Greg Pederson (US Geological Survey).

Read the full spotlight story here.