Geography

Colorado lawmakers have suspended an attempt to prohibit outside investors from profiting off the state’s water.

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...

This page in our free multimedia library features aerial photos of the Rio Grande near Albuquerque, N.M. Albuquerque relies on pumped groundwater and surface water...

The U.S. Forest Service approved an application from the cities of Aurora and Colorado Springs for geotechnical drilling in the Homestake Valley, one of the first steps toward building a new dam and reservoir on Homestake Creek.

Water managers from the Colorado's River Upper Basin visit the Lower Basin on a fact-finding trip.

PARKER, Arizona – South of Headgate Rock Dam, beyond riverbanks lined with willow and mesquite, the broad floodplain of the Colorado River spreads across...

Some water experts say preserving these pre-compact water rights, even though they aren’t being used, could give Colorado stronger footing in potential negotiations with Lower Basin states by propping up Colorado’s consumptive-use tally on paper.

In the culmination of a process that has been years in the making, Colorado officials Wednesday announced the creation of a state-run water conservation...

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Supporters of airborne snow surveys dispute “hotspots” study on water forecasts