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With drought and high temperatures putting unprecedented pressure on water users throughout Colorado, from cities to agriculture, there’s one segment that can be affected first — and maybe worst...

As global temperatures rise, the freezing line where precipitation changes from rain to snow moves up the mountains, shrinking the area capable of sustaining a seasonal snowpack.

This page in our free multimedia library features drone-captured photos of the Rio Grande, near Caballo Dam in southern New Mexico. The Rio Grande begins in the San Juan Mountains and travels...

PAGE, Ariz. – In the span of U.S. history certain years are turning points, milestones in the nation’s story. 1776. 1865. 1929. 1968. Circumstance and consequence conspire to make...

On April 17, the federal government ordered emergency measures to prevent water levels at Lake Powell from falling so low that Glen Canyon Dam, which created the reservoir, could...

This page in our free multimedia library features photos of low flows in the Colorado River in Grand Junction on April 22, 2026. The Colorado River is struggling early in...

The Colorado River basin has been here before.  This year’s historic winter of low snow might feel novel. But recent years give some insight into just how dry the West’s...

This page in our free multimedia library features drone-captured photos of the Rio Grande, near Las Cruces, New Mexico. The Rio Grande begins in the San Juan Mountains and travels some 1,900...

Hands-on Workshop Downloading, Reformatting and Visualizing EPA Drinking Water Data Materials for the Society for Environmental Journalists conference in Chicago on April 15, 2026. InstructionsSlidesData filesStep-by-step instructions (Google doc)Presentation slides...

This page in our free multimedia library features photos of the record-low snowpack in southwest Colorado along U.S. 550, between Durango and Ouray. Like the rest of Colorado, the...