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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
With chronic water shortages afflicting the Colorado River, discussions about how to cut usage have increasingly focused on a thirsty crop that consumes an especially large share of the river’s ...
A Colorado sheriff's office says a 12-year-old boy was trapped and killed after a truck went off the road and into a river in the Rocky Mountains west of Denver DENVER -- A 12-year-old boy was trapped ...
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 ...
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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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A new Common Sense Institute analysis on Denver’s spending for newly arriving immigrants has found public safety to bear the ...