Geography

This page in our free multimedia library features photos of the record-low snowpack in southwest Colorado along U.S. 550, between Durango and Ouray. Like the rest of Colorado, the...

States say automatically turning to agriculture isn’t always reliable

For decades, water managers and environmentalists have worked to keep a critical stretch of the drought-stressed Colorado River healthy enough to support endangered fish. This year, they’re getting a...

Initiative in the Rio Grande basin intends to thwart catastrophic wildfires that wreck watersheds.

With population growth around Denver prompting fierce competition for water, investors want to import a new supply from the San Luis Valley, but many farmers and ranchers who depend on that water are opposed to the plan.

Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming may face requests for voluntary cutbacks in their use of Colorado River water next year.

Colorado's Pitkin County is grappling with higher temperatures, declining streamflows and drier soils caused by climate change.

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

This page features ground-based photos of Heron Lake, a reservoir that stores water for the San Juan-Chama Project in northern New Mexico. Located along Willow Creek, near its confluence with...