Photos: Navajo Generating Station, Arizona, December 2019
This page features photos of Navajo Generating Station, a large coal-fired power plant near Page, Arizona that was decommissioned in 2019.
The power plant...
Conservation groups want recreation water right tied to natural river features
Three conservation groups in Colorado are working on a revision to a state law that would allow natural river features to get a water right.
Climate change reducing Colorado River runoff
By Kurt Repanshek, National Parks Traveler
By mid-century, annual runoff into the Colorado River could be reduced by nearly a third as declining snowpack leads...
Video story: The value of water (full length)
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.
State water task force issues anti-profiteering report; critics say it falls short
A state group examining water speculation identified eight ideas to stop water hoarding, but failed to provide legislative recommendations.
Diverting the Rio Grande into a grown-over, decades-old canal could cut New Mexico’s water...
New Mexico once again owes Texas a massive water debt, so water managers are considering resurrecting the original purpose of the channel.
States, Congress, Trump okay $156M to extend innovative Platte River recovery program
After a year of anxious waiting, scientists and researchers who’ve helped build one of the most successful species recovery programs in the nation have gotten a 13-year extension to finish their work.
Suburban Marshall Fire stuns Colorado as statewide wildfire protection efforts ramp up
Climate change and the decades-long drought are fueling bigger and more dangerous fires, leaving devastation up and down watersheds.
Aerial imagery: Colorado River and Lake Powell, October 2020
This page features images and footage shot with a GoPro camera during a Lighthawk flight above the Colorado River and Lake Powell in Utah...
“A generational historic struggle to regain our water”
The Gila River Indian Community is ensuring that members can use their own resources while helping solve water supply problems in the region.











