Desalination helps meet water shortfalls in parts of the world. Is it a viable...
State Sen. Kevin Priola traveled to Israel in 2022 and came away with an idea: If the arid country can produce drinking water by taking the salt out of...
Farmers use the majority of Colorado’s water. Shouldn’t they bear the burden of future...
You’ve heard the news: Farmers and ranchers use roughly 80% of the water in Colorado and much of the American West.
So doesn’t it make sense that if growers and...
Colorado’s water users are told “use it or lose it.” But is the threat...
In December 2020, the Summit County Open Space and Trails Department bought a 15-acre property with a small pond, three ditches and a well.
Known as the Shane Gulch property,...
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...