The Colorado River is in crisis — one of the worst in recorded history. We take more water out of the river than flows in, ...
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.
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 ...
This article is published through the Colorado River Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative supported by the Janet ...
Seven Western states are starting to plot a future for how much water they’ll draw from the dwindling Colorado River in a ...
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 ...
The Colorado River loses 19.3 million acre feet of water per year to cities, farms and evaporation — roughly the amount of ...
A recent memo published by the US Bureau of Reclamation raises concerns about the future of water management in the Colorado River basin. Glen Canyon Dam, substation (left) and bridge (in front of ...
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 ...
Years of overuse by farms and cities, and the effects of drought worsened by climate change has meant much less water flows today through the Colorado River than in previous decades. Despite ...
Cattle raised for beef and dairy products are taking by far the largest share of Colorado River’s dwindling water supply, a new study found. Whether it’s in the form of hamburger, steak, veal ...
In response to your Monday editorial on the Colorado River: No, Las Vegas is not to blame for the crashing elevations at Lakes Mead and Lake Powell. But pretending that the growth machine can live ...