Tribal leaders from the Colorado River Basin laid out three key ideas they want in any new river operating plan, including a permanent seat the table.
Newly discovered damage in Glen Canyon Dam would require releasing less water at low reservoir levels — a problem that ...
Last month, the seven U.S. states that use Colorado River water released two divergent plans for how that water should be managed after 2026 when the current agreement expires. Their proposals ...
If the water level in Lake Powell falls too low, the dam may not be able to release water to downstream users.
Water and environment experts aim to make sure endangered fish, Grand Canyon ecosystems and more aren’t left out of the ...
Seven western states are now at an impasse over how to keep the Colorado River from collapsing due to climate change and overuse. On Wednesday, the states of California, Arizona and Nevada ...
More than half of the Colorado River's total annual water flow is used on agriculture, a new study has found. The report, published in Communications Earth & Environment, was undertaken to find ...
The Colorado River loses 19.3 million acre feet of water per year to cities, farms and evaporation — roughly the amount of ...
The Colorado River has been overused for decades, but no one has known exactly how the water was used — until a team of researchers compiled the most complete accounting of the river’s water ...
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Bipartisan lawmakers propose a revamp of Colorado's Taxpayer's Bill of Rights, reducing income and sales tax rates when certain conditions are met.
Staff are recommending cuts to deer, elk, pronghorn and bear limited licenses, with most of the reductions in deer, elk and ...