Video: The vanishing vaquita
Should Colorado River water be used to grow alfalfa or subdivisions in the Phoenix metropolitan area?
Photos: Roosevelt Lake and Dam, Arizona, February 2021
This page features photos of Theodore Roosevelt Lake and Theodore Roosevelt Dam, along the Salt River east of Phoenix.
Roosevelt Dam, which rises 357 feet,...
Rancher grapples with abandonment listing
The Fetcher Ranch, like many in Colorado, is struggling with an abandonment policy that may strip water rights from the land.
Photos and videos: Ruedi Reservoir, December 2020
This page features drone-captured photos and videos of Ruedi Reservoir on Colorado's Western Slope. '
Part of the federal Fryingpan-Arkansas Project, the reservoir has a...
Zebra mussels threaten infrastructure and native ecosystems. Colorado is ramping up efforts to detect...
On a bluebird day at West and East Lake in Grand Junction, Maddie Baker throws a plankton tow net into the water, and drags...
Funding shortfalls, bureaucratic barriers hobble efforts to restore Colorado’s fire-scarred water systems
Funding shortfalls are hobbling efforts to clean up watersheds and protect drinking water for more than 1 million Coloradans.
Pitkin County’s opposition to tax follows pattern of ‘misalignment’ with River District
Pitkin County’s opposition to a River District tax increase is just the latest in the historically antagonistic relationship between the two entities.
National, local water and fire officials plan new West Slope summit
Colorado water and fire officials plan a two-day confab in Grand Junction to discuss how to protect the state’s vital mountain watersheds.
Drive for nuclear power boosts uranium industry — and tribal health concerns in Southwest
For decades, a Utah uranium mill has sparked debate over whether radioactive contamination threatens human health by getting into the water and the air.