Colorado

Colorado could soon have a program that would pay property owners to get rid of one of the largest water uses for Western Slope water providers: grass.

Colorado water and fire officials plan a two-day confab in Grand Junction to discuss how to protect the state’s vital mountain watersheds.

The Fetcher Ranch, like many in Colorado, is struggling with an abandonment policy that may strip water rights from the land.

The Colorado health department is investigating a plume causing high levels of forever chemicals in the raw water supply of Adams County.

This page features photos of Morrow Point Dam and the Gunnison River on Colorado's Western Slope. Constructed from 1963 to 1968, Morrow Point is 469 feet tall and was the...

Is Colorado’s most precious resource a public good or a private property right?

Is prior appropriation up to the task of divvying up the state’s water in an era of increasingly frequent and severe drought conditions?

This page features drone-captured imagery of Dillon Reservoir in Summit County, Colorado. Created by a 231-foot-tall earth-fill dam, Dillon Reservoir contains over 250,000 acre-feet of water when at full capacity....

Some in Colorado’s recreation community are hoping proposed legislation will result in more water in streams for the benefit of boaters.

Douglas County Commissioners will travel to Colorado’s San Luis Valley to hear public opinions on exporting farm water to the Front Range.