A dry January across Colorado and the rest of the Rocky Mountain West has created a dichotomy of water haves and have-nots.

For decades, the Colorado River Delta was a shadow of its former self—a barren, cracked landscape where water once flowed ...

This spring, the Colorado River District will be hitting 11 communities in western Colorado to discuss water issues facing the basin for its annual “State of the River ” meetings. During the ...

This winter and spring are shaping up to be bad times for the Colorado River, with a federal forecast predicting flows into Lake Powell at barely three-fourths of normal. While snowpack has been ...

All this suggests another subpar runoff in the San Juan and Animas rivers. They contribute to Lake Powell, one of two big water bank accounts on the Colorado River. When I visited the reservoir in May ...

They contribute to Lake Powell, one of two big water bank accounts on the Colorado River. When I visited the reservoir in May 2022, water levels were dropping rapidly. The manager of Glen Canyon ...

Lead negotiators from the Colorado River’s Upper Basin states expressed a dual sense of uncertainty and urgency on Tuesday, as a deadline to determine the fate of the entire system looms near. “If you ...

The Colorado River supplies water for 40 million people in the West. The basin stretches from Wyoming and Colorado all the way to the Gulf of California in Mexico, winding through several states that ...

The Colorado River is drying up. We’re doing everything we can to sustain the river and its communities. As snowpacks shrink, temperatures rise, and less water flows into the Colorado River, we’re ...