The authors of a new memo say that states need to take shared water cutbacks to manage the Colorado River going forward.

National water conservation groups filed a legal petition Tuesday asking the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to stop downstream ...

Hydrologists say that hotter temperatures have been drying out soils and vegetation in the west, leading to less water ...

Hydrologists say that hotter temperatures have been drying out soils and vegetation in the west, leading to less water ...

New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming), including the System Conservation Pilot Program, which paid water users to cut back in 2023 ...

What a difference a month makes. The forecast for how much water will flow this year into Lake Powell, a bellwether reservoir ...

Hickenlooper added that Colorado River management decisions should ... Hickenlooper has supported conservation efforts in the Upper Basin (Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming), including ...

The current rules for dividing the river's shrinking water supply among the seven states that rely on it expire in 2026.

In response to the expiring rules for sharing the Colorado River, the authors of a new memo say states need to take shared ...

The mountains that feed the Colorado River with snowmelt are strikingly dry, with many ranges holding less than 50% of their ...

The U.S. Department of Interior said Wednesday it extended more than a dozen contracts with water-rights holders in ...