Cutting back on irrigation
In a pilot project in Colorado, farmers are reducing irrigation on their hay fields and monitoring the results, to learn if they can send more water down the Colorado...
Running out of water and time: How unprepared is California for 2021’s drought?
The most acute problem, experts say, is the lack of controls on groundwater pumping.
Taking stock of the spring snowpack
Maps and charts visualize conditions at the April 1 milestone
Back-to-back droughts choke Western Colorado as winter forecast darkens
A repeat of dry conditions in 2021 is making Colorado’s continuing drought across swaths of the state’s Western Slope even more devastating.
Photos: Gila River, Arizona
This page features imagery of the Gila River in Arizona.
Flowing through New Mexico and Arizona, the 649-mile Gila River is a tributary to the Colorado River, though today only...
Photos: St. George, Utah and the Virgin River
This page features aerial and ground-based photos of St. George, Utah and the Virgin River outside of Hurricane, Utah.
St. George in a city in southwestern Utah on the Arizona...
Photos: San Juan River aerials, May 2021
This page features aerial photos of the San Juan River, a key tributary of the Colorado River that drains the Four Corners region and meets Lake Powell in southern...
Seasonal river cleanups could be a new community conservation tradition in Tucson
The Santa Cruz River may be dry but it has come alive with people who are making a seasonal river cleanup a community conservation tradition in Tucson.
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 15 years. Monsoon floods after...
Photos and videos: Dolores River, September 2020
This page features drone-captured images and videos of the Dolores River in southwest Colorado.
The Dolores River begins in the San Juan Mountains and travels about 230 miles to meet...