The Colorado River Basin is divided into upper and lower portions. It provides water to the Colorado River, a water source that serves 40 million people over seven states in the southwestern ...

With snowpack levels hovering around 84% of normal, projections for Lake Mead released on Friday show the reservoir dropping ...

A dry January across Colorado and the rest of the Rocky Mountain West has created a dichotomy of water haves and have-nots.

The 2009 U.S. Geological Survey report indicated that half of the salt in the upper Colorado River comes from Mancos Shale formations throughout the basin and Eagle Valley Evaporite, a rock comprised ...

1. Be proactive in addressing variable hydrologic conditions in the Upper Colorado River Basin. 2. Assess methods to protect Wyoming water users from “hard” regulation in times of severe drought or ...

After years of studying and experimenting with pilot programs, the future of Colorado River management will almost certainly include a permanent water conservation program for the Upper Basin states.

Snowpack in the upper Colorado River basin is slightly less than normal for this time of year, meaning Arizona could see sustained water cuts through 2026. Though trends could change through the ...

This week in The Roundup, Heather Sackett and Eleanor Bennett help us understand emerging environmental and social factors ...

Latest estimates place the Upper Colorado River Basin snowpack at just 83 percent of the historic median for this time of year.

A federally funded water conservation program in the Upper Colorado River Basin is facing uncertainty for 2025 after the bill to authorize funding for it stalled in Congress late last year.