For decades, the Colorado River Delta was little more than a barren wasteland—its once-thriving waterways reduced to cracked ...

What happens when one of the nation's largest rivers dries up? Photojournalist Pete McBride tells us about the consequences of a prolonged drought in the Colorado River, which provides drinking ...

February snowstorms brought some relief to parched landscapes in the Colorado River Basin, but the river’s reservoirs are less than half full heading into a spring runoff season that is expected to be ...

The Rocky Mountain states say they don't have water to give. The Southwest says it can't save the Colorado River on its own.

Water managers are preparing for another potentially lackluster runoff this year in the Colorado River Basin. At a meeting ...

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

Lead negotiators from the Colorado River’s Upper Basin states expressed a dual sense of uncertainty and urgency on Tuesday, ...

When it comes to the Colorado River, a court battle between the states that use its water is sometimes referred to as “the ...

A plan to help shore up the depleted Colorado River by cutting off water to alfalfa ... or Klein grass in the summer — crops that can withstand going dry for a short while.

Of all the challenges facing the Colorado River, there’s at least one that all stakeholders are working on collaboratively, not competitively — salinity. Since 1974, the seven Colorado River basin ...