The ultimate “protection” for Colorado and the other Upper Basin states (Utah, Wyoming, and New Mexico) is rigid enforcement ...

Lake Mead is making a surprising rebound from its critical "dead pool" status as water levels ascend in Nevada's crucial ...

Three Colorado mountain towns, all near major ski resorts, made the USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice Awards' list of best destinations for snow.

Lake Mead's water levels are up by 16 feet after it reached "dead pool" status in 2021, hinting at a remarkable recovery and ...

Following last week’s annual conference of Colorado River water users, there’s still unfinished business on Capitol Hill.

A shrinking population will require older folks to work longer, since they will be a larger fraction of the whole. But, to me ...

Public Works Director Brian McLane presented a detention basin project that would limit flooding on Alamo Creek to the Vacaville City Council Tuesday evening. Stormwater runoff from the Blue Ridge ...

The $5 billion Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act would secure water rights for the Navajo Nation, Hopi ...

Since 1974, the Bureau of Reclamation has supported various projects to reduce salt levels in the Colorado River’s upper and ...

Colorado has conditional water rights tied to 2.6 million acre-feet worth of additional reservoir storage on the Western ...

A fragment of upper jaw fossil from the Early Cretaceous is among the oldest examples of a toothless amphibian in the fossil ...

State officials are at odds over how to plan for drier years in the Colorado River Basin, but they agree on the main issue ...