Budget-strapped Wyoming towns race for federal funds to fix aging water, sewer systems
Waking up to long-overdue system upgrades, dozens of towns that were awarded federal ARPA dollars may see them "clawed back" for lack of resources to complete paperwork.
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...
After initial failure, new effort could bring green hydrogen pilot project to Yampa River...
Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming form a partnership to compete for the financing of new hydrogen hubs.
Photos and videos: Rio Grande Headwaters, April 2021
This page features drone-captured and ground-based photos and videos of the Rio Grande near its headwaters in southern Colorado.
The Rio Grande begins in the San Juan...
Photos: Central Arizona Project
This page features photos of the Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal, a cornerstone of Arizona's water supply.
Created in 1968 by the Colorado River Basin Project Act, the CAP is...
Photos: University of Arizona Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
This page contains photos from the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research in the University of Arizona’s College of Science.
The Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research is a global hub of dendrochronology: the...
Photos: Fontenelle Dam and Reservoir, August 2021
This page features imagery of Fontenelle Reservoir along the Green River in southwestern Wyoming.
Created by Fontenelle Dam, a 139-foot earthfill dam, Fontenelle Reservoir has a storage capacity of 345,000...
Photos: Morelos Dam, October 2018
This page contains ground-based and aerial photos of Morelos Dam just south of where California, Arizona and Mexico meet.
Morelos Dam was constructed in 1950 after The Mexican Water Treaty...
Photos: San Juan River aerials, May 2021
This page features aerial photos of the San Juan River, a key tributary of the Colorado River that drains the Four Corners region and meets Lake Powell in southern...
Paddling the Green River to report on Western water issues – Water Buffs Podcast...
Journalist Heather Hansman floated the Green River to explore water issues in the American West, then wrote a fascinating book about her journey.