Colorado snowpack, after a dry January, is near normal in north — and dismal in some places
A dry January across Colorado and the rest of the Rocky Mountain West has created a dichotomy of water haves and have-nots.
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Lake Mead projections lower as snowpack lags in Upper Colorado River Basin
With snowpack levels hovering around 84% of normal, projections for Lake Mead released on Friday show the reservoir dropping ...
Arizona Daily Star21 天
Forecasters predict low flows into Colorado River this winter, spring
This winter and spring are shaping up to be bad times for the Colorado River, with a federal forecast predicting flows into Lake Powell at barely three-fourths of normal. While snowpack has been ...
Utah State University5 天
A Story of Adaptation: Managing the Colorado River in an Uncertain Future
The Colorado River supplies water for 40 million people in the West. The basin stretches from Wyoming and Colorado all the way to the Gulf of California in Mexico, winding through several states that ...
The Victoria Advocate17 天
Reduced Colorado River flows prompt some to contemplate cutbacks in use
They contribute to Lake Powell, one of two big water bank accounts on the Colorado River. When I visited the reservoir in May 2022, water levels were dropping rapidly. The manager of Glen Canyon ...
Grand Canyon Trust12 天
Colorado River Drought
The Colorado River is drying up. We’re doing everything we can to sustain the river and its communities. As snowpacks shrink, temperatures rise, and less water flows into the Colorado River, we’re ...
The Aspen Times6 天
Can planes and laser beams help Colorado better understand its water supply?
Amid mounting challenges to Colorado’s water supply, lawmakers are seeking to upgrade the decades-old method of tracking the ...
Colorado Public Radio23 天
The Colorado River District was awarded up to $40 million to protect the Western Slope’s ...
Some of the oldest water rights on the Colorado River may finally belong to water users on the Western Slope if the Trump administration doesn’t stall the funding first. The U.S. Bureau of ...