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.
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...
La Niña likely to continue, intensifying drought, wildfires; snowpack hits 91% of average
Colorado's drought may continue into the fall, bringing a third year of below-average snowpack and streamflows and high wildfire danger.
Efforts to relocate an ancient wetland could help determine the fate of a water...
The cities of Aurora and Colorado Springs are looking to develop additional water in Eagle County and divert it to Colorado's Front Range.
Aerial video: Colorado River and Green River in Utah, October 2020
This page features video footage shot with a mounted GoPro camera during a Lighthawk flight above the Green River, Colorado River and their confluence in Utah's Canyonlands National Park.
The...
Douglas County says no to developers’ San Luis Valley water export proposal
Douglas County will not use COVID-relief funding to help finance a controversial $400 million-plus proposal to export farm water from the San Luis Valley to their fast-growing, water-short region.
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...
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 and videos: Elephant Butte Reservoir, August 2022
This page features drone-captured and ground-based photos and videos of Elephant Butte Reservoir, along the Rio Grande near Truth or Consequences, N.M.
Elephant Butte Dam, completed in 1916, was built...
Is a hacker targeting your drinking water? COVID-19 exposes problems in Colorado, elsewhere
A cyberattack in Florida has shown that outdated water control technologies have become more exposed to hacking.