Heavy snowfall in the Rocky Mountains could spell good news for the embattled reservoir as it recovers from historic droughts ...

The Colorado River is managed like a joint bank account — seven states have equal shares of two basins, and not a single drop ...

Researchers call the free river rule an archaic “loophole” that should be closed to properly manage the state’s water resources.

Researchers have quantified just how much water the agriculture industry in the Western U.S. is taking from the Colorado ...

Tribes say their future is at stake as they push for Congress to consider Colorado River plan Navajo officials are celebrating the signing of legislation outlining a proposed water rights ...

Water from Colorado's West Slope basins plays a vital role in supporting the economy and natural environment across seven ...

The sun sets on Lake Powell near Bullfrog Marina in Utah on July 15, 2024. The Colorado River’s reservoirs have shrunk to record lows in recent years, and negotiators are tasked with decreasing ...

Editor’s note: This article is published through the Colorado River Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative supported by the Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water, and Air at ...

That runoff, full of ... See a map of completed and ongoing Salton Sea restoration projects here. “IID is doing the right thing conserving water to stabilize the Colorado River, and our federal ...

During his drives through Byers Canyon, which follows the Colorado River near Hot Sulphur Springs, the sky would be full of stoneflies. But by the 1990s, locals who’d grown accustomed to ...

Key state officials negotiating the future of the drought-ravaged Colorado ... River during a meeting of the group on Monday. She said the Bureau of Reclamation will not publish in December a full ...