Zebra mussels threaten infrastructure and native ecosystems. Colorado is ramping up efforts to detect...
On a bluebird day at West and East Lake in Grand Junction, Maddie Baker throws a plankton tow net into the water, and drags it back to her.
“This is...
Solar growth cushions Colorado River hydropower declines
Lakes Mead and Powell, the basin’s two largest reservoirs, are approaching critical levels in which hydropower from their dams (Hoover and Glen Canyon, respectively) would be severely curtailed or altogether cease.
Dwindling water supply, legal questions push Colorado River into ‘wildly uncharted territory’
Time is ticking for states that share the shrinking Colorado River to negotiate a new set of governing rules. One major sticking point, which has the potential to thrust...
Saving a river
In the arid Southwest, where water scarcity often divides competing interests, an innovative approach could become the model for future cooperation.
Brad Hicks shows you how a river is being...
Photos: Hite Marina and Lake Powell, October 2022
This page features aerial photos of Hite Marina, the Hite Crossing Bridge, and Lake Powell in southeast Utah.
Lake Powell is the second-largest reservoir in the nation by capacity and...
Photos: North Lake Powell, October 2022
This page features aerial photos of the northern end of Lake Powell in Utah.
Lake Powell is the second-largest reservoir in the nation by capacity and began to fill with...
Photos: Antelope Point and Lake Powell, May 2021
This page features aerial and ground-based photos of Antelope Point and Lake Powell in northern Arizona.
Lake Powell is the second-largest reservoir in the nation by capacity and began to...
Photos: South Lake Powell and Glen Canyon Dam, May 2021
This page features aerial photos of Lake Powell and Glen Canyon Dam near Page, Arizona.
Lake Powell is the second-largest reservoir in the nation by capacity and began to fill...
Photos: Bullfrog Marina and Lake Powell, October 2022
This page features aerial and ground-based photos of Lake Powell's Bullfrog Marina in southern Utah.
Created by Glen Canyon Dam, Lake Powell is the second-largest reservoir in the nation by...
A Colorado River flows drop and tensions rise, water interests struggle to find solutions...
Experts warn that climate change has rendered old assumptions outdated about what the Colorado River can provide, leaving painful water cuts as the only way forward.