An initiative of the Center for Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado Boulder

Cities in the West are booming in population. Will they need a lot more...

When researcher Brian Richter set out to take a close look at how big cities in the Western U.S. were adapting to water scarcity, he already knew the story’s...

Photos: San Luis Valley and Rio Grande aerials, May 2024

This page in our free multimedia library features aerial photos of the Rio Grande and San Luis Valley in southern Colorado. The Rio Grande begins in the San Juan Mountains and travels...

Photos: Rio Grande headwaters aerials, May 2024

This page in our free multimedia library features aerial photos of the Rio Grande's headwaters in southwest Colorado. The Rio Grande begins in the San Juan Mountains and travels some...

Photos: Vallecito Reservoir aerials, May 2024

This page in our free multimedia library features aerial photos of Vallecito Reservoir near Durango, Colorado. The reservoir is located in the San Juan Mountains and along the Los Pinos...

Using less of the Colorado River takes a willing farmer and $45 million in...

Wyoming native Leslie Hagenstein lives on the ranch where she grew up and remembers her grandmother and father delivering milk in glass bottles from the family’s Mount Airy Dairy. The...

Photos: Lake Nighthorse aerials, May 2023

This page in our free multimedia library features aerial photos of Lake Nighthorse, near Durango, Colorado. The 1,500-acre reservoir, which filled for the first time in 2011, was created by...

Photos: Snowpack in San Juan Mountains, May 2023

This page in our free multimedia library features aerial photos of the snowpack in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado. The San Juans are mostly located in southwest Colorado...

Water flux and toxic wells – Water Buffs Podcast ep. 12 – Kathy James

On this episode of Water Buffs, we examine how drought can harm human health, specifically how dramatic fluctuations in water availability can lead to increasingly toxic water supplies.

Colorado squeezing water from urban landscapes

Pace of transition has accelerated, deepened and broadened

Photos: Animas River aerials, May 2023

This page in our free multimedia library features aerial photos of the Animas River in southwest Colorado. The Animas River begins high in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado,...