Plus: How to swim the Colorado River, moms and resistance rangers host a public lands bake sale and a new rural economic ...

Heavy winds that swept through Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park on Sunday night started “rapid fire spread” after a relatively slow day of growth, according to fire officials.

A map from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Water and Climate Center shows Colorado snowpack levels as of Feb. 9, 2025, compared to the median recorded from 1991 to 2020. (Image ...

An early season forecast indicates Lake Powell will get only about 81% of its normal water flow because of dry conditions around much of the Upper Colorado River Basin.

The Colorado River basin has lost huge volumes of groundwater over the past two decades according to a new report from researchers at Arizona State University. Researchers used data from NASA ...

Nearly half of the water drawn from the Colorado River goes to feed for beef and dairy cows. Researchers say modest changes in American diets could help farmers use less water — and help the ...

The 1922 Colorado River Compact, a foundational interstate agreement that informs the management of a river that serves 40 million people, did not settle Native American tribes’ water rights ...

Colorado River states remain divided on sharing water, and some tribes say their needs are still being ignored. By Rachel Estabrook and Joe Wertz · Mar. 15, 2024, 4:00 am. Listen Now.

Of all the challenges facing the Colorado River, there’s at least one that all stakeholders are working on collaboratively, not competitively — salinity. Since 1974, the seven Colorado River ...

The Colorado River basin has lost huge volumes of groundwater over the past two decades, according to a new report from researchers at Arizona State University.. Researchers used data from NASA ...

The source of salinity depends on where you are in the Colorado River Basin and when you’re looking. Up-basin in Colorado River tributaries in Eagle County — where naturally occurring salinity is very ...