Autumn Gillard notes that many tribal members in Southern Utah recognize the river daily "as a source of life, power, and ...

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The iconic reservoir faces the risk of becoming a mud lake as 100 million tons of sediment accumulate each year.

The Colorado River Basin is in the midst of a 23-year drought. Reduced precipitation, mostly in the form of snow in the ...

Navajo family farms once lined the San Juan River in southeast Utah, but many have fallen idle. A water rights settlement ...

A proposed lithium mine in Utah faces a legal challenge from water conservation groups that view the project as a threat to ...

A Canadian company expected to “produce significant quantities of uranium” in Emery County in 2025. Here's why that won't ...

Anson Resource, an Australian company, had sought a water rights application for a project along the Green River, a tributary of the Colorado River. "The recent decision from the State Engineer ...

2024 — The Colorado River and its tributaries provide water for hydropower, irrigation and drinking water in seven U.S. states and Mexico. But since 2000, water managers have struggled to ...

Amid drought and demand, the state is trying to circumvent the “use it or lose it” policy and change its water rights system.

The once-mighty river is barely a trickle through West Texas. Scientists say local initiatives could be scaled up to restore ...

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