Why the second-driest state rejects water conservation
A powerful group that steers Utah’s water policy keeps pushing for costly infrastructure over meaningful conservation efforts.
As Colorado River reservoirs shrink, feds ask for work-arounds for 2022
As drought threatens Colorado River reservoirs' ability to generate hydropower, the Bureau of Reclamation is creating work-arounds.
Special Report: Climate change is sapping Colorado’s water supplies. Can its hallmark water law...
Colorado’s “first-in-time, first-in-right” prior appropriation doctrine is coming under increasing scrutiny as rivers and reservoirs dry out.
Video story: Navajo water (full length)
Many residents on the Navajo Reservation are now enjoying clean, running water and solar power in their homes, benefiting from DigDeep’s ambitious project to transform their daily lives with...
Crystal River restoration finding its footing in Carbondale park
Carbondale and the Roaring Fork Conservancy are finalizing funding to restore a half-mile stretch of the Crystal River and 18 acres of riparian habitat.
Suburban Marshall Fire stuns Colorado as statewide wildfire protection efforts ramp up
Climate change and the decades-long drought are fueling bigger and more dangerous fires, leaving devastation up and down watersheds.
Map: Rio Grande drought tracker
This map depicts data from the National Drought Mitigation Center. Drought intensity categories are based on numerous indicators and local reports from more than 350 expert observers around the...
Map: New Mexico drought tracker
This map depicts data from the National Drought Mitigation Center. Drought intensity categories are based on numerous indicators and local reports from more than 350 expert observers around the...
Map: New Mexico monthly precipitation
This map shows total rain and snowfall in the New Mexico every month from 1981 to the present. The map's color scale runs from white (no precipitation), to blue (significant precipitation) to red (intense precipitation)....
As winter wildfires burn, will they forever alter Colorado’s forests, water?
Fires in the West burn so intensely that they reshape forests, shift tree species and turn calm waterways into devastating mudflows.