To arrive there, Will and I had paddled down the Green River from its Wyoming alpine source to its desert confluence with the Colorado in Utah’s Canyonlands National Park. We crossed Lake Powell ...

How states dependent on the Colorado River are struggling to strike a long-term agreement Years of overuse combined with rising temperatures and drought have meant less water flows in the Colorado ...

Western senators are pushing state officials in the Colorado River Basin to reach agreement on a new long-term operating plan for the drought-stricken waterway. The lawmakers are also seeking a ...

Lead negotiators from the Colorado River’s Upper Basin states expressed a dual sense of uncertainty and urgency on Tuesday, as a deadline to determine the fate of the entire system looms near.

Winter is drawing to a close, and with it, so are the chances of boosting snowpack across the Colorado River Basin. The mountains in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming saw a cluster of storms ...

The theme of the week may have centered on piecing together ways to manage the Colorado River after 2026, but Nevada and its six neighboring states in the basin walked away with a fractured puzzle ...

This year’s dry January hurt forecasts for the Colorado River, but February may position the basin for a comeback. The Colorado River relies heavily on snowpack in the Upper Basin states ...