Alternative plan to Wild and Scenic River designation for upper Colorado River OK’d
The alternative management planning process came about after the BLM in 2007 found that 54 miles of the upper Colorado River were eligible for a federal Wild and Scenic River designation.
‘This system cannot be sustained’
This year, tribal nations enter negotiations over Colorado River water.
Water trouble in Rio Verde Foothills
An Arizona community may be ground zero for climate change in America. The Colorado River basin is in crisis — its reservoirs are running...
As water reaches eastern Navajo communities, it brings possibilities and homecomings
The Navajo Gallup Water Supply Project, under construction in New Mexico, is testing approaches for improving access to running water.
Report: Colorado River ranch water savings hit 42 percent
Colorado’s high altitude hay meadows could be re-operated to yield more than 40 percent in water savings, according to a new report.
Just add water: West Texas wetlands project brings new life to ancient riverbed
EL PASO, Texas — The wild waters of the Rio Grande have not flowed freely through the Rio Bosque wetland since 1943.
After being left...
With wildfire-prevention work, Flagstaff seeks to avoid the next devastating flood
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Five large wildfires have burned tens of thousands of acres in the forests around this northern Arizona city in the last...
Arizona’s future water shock
Smaller cities. Soaring water prices. Scorched desert towns.
Colorado River crisis fails to force deal from states
Dry conditions and federal deadlines not working like in the past
Scientists: Beavers latest tool to emerge in rebuilding drought-stricken streams
Beavers are making a comeback as researchers look for ways to restore rivers and wetlands while improving the health of drought-stressed aquifers.