Wildfires and wetlands
Residents in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, see first-hand how wildfires can damage wetlands and watersheds vitally important to their water supply. Jerd Smith reports for The Water Desk.
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Cutting back on irrigation
In a pilot project in Colorado, farmers are reducing irrigation on their hay fields and monitoring the results, to learn if they can send more water down the Colorado...
Las Vegas water
The Las Vegas area has taken several effective steps to conserve water, with more efforts on the way.
Brad Hicks of public broadcasting’s This American Land reports.
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Aerial videos and images: Green River flight, May 2021
This page features aerial video footage and still images of the Green River heading upstream from its confluence with the White River in northeast Utah to its confluence with...
California’s vanishing lake
Water conservation in California’s southern desert is causing an environmental disaster as the Salton Sea quickly shrinks. Lindsay Fendt reports.
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Uranium cleanup in Moab
After more than a decade of work, a federal cleanup project along the Colorado River in Utah is still removing radioactive uranium tailings that could pose a threat to...
Drone videos and photos: Gila River near Winkelman, Arizona
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This page features drone footage and still imagery of the Gila River, near Winkelman, Arizona, just upstream from its confluence with the San Pedro River. The Gila...
Photos: Grand Canyon rafting, fall 2019
This page features photos of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park during a rafting trip in fall 2019.
The Colorado River carved the Grand Canyon over eons, but...
Photos: Paonia Reservoir, July 2021
This page features drone-captured images of Paonia Reservoir, located in Gunnison County, Colorado.
Constructed in 1962, 199-foot Paonia Dam crosses Muddy Creek just upstream from its junction with Anthracite Creek....
Photos: Roosevelt Dam and Roosevelt Lake aerials May 2021
This page features aerial photos of Theodore Roosevelt Lake and Theodore Roosevelt Dam, along the Salt River east of Phoenix.
Roosevelt Dam, which rises 357 feet, was the first structure completed as a part of...