Traveler Special Report: Grand Canyon’s Struggling River
Glen Canyon Dam, climate change and invasive plant species are threatening the Colorado River.
Photos: Abiquiu Lake, March 2022
This page in our free multimedia library features photos of Abiquiu Lake, which impounds the Rio Chama in northwest New Mexico.
Situated between the Sangre de Cristo and San Juan...
Heading to the lake? Colorado trying new tools, including P-Free lawns, to combat toxic...
Colorado water officials hope to combat algae blooms caused by rising temperatures and an increased use of phosphorus-laced lawn fertilizers.
Photos and videos: Navajo Lake and San Juan River, April 2021
This page features drone-captured videos and images of Navajo Lake, a reservoir that impounds the San Juan River in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico.
Completed in 1962, Navajo...
Upper Basin states test methods to fill Powell pool
States say automatically turning to agriculture isn’t always reliable
Videos and photos: Yampa River, December 2019
This page features drone footage and still imagery of the Yampa River near Stagecoach Reservoir and Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
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DateDecember 22-23,...
New dust-on-snow monitoring technology coming to Steamboat lab, expanding a growing snowpack data network
Technology to study the impact of dust on downwind mountain ecosystems in Colorado and Utah will likely be installed in the Rockies this fall.
Questions in North Park as Colorado makes case for new rules to measure water...
As the gap between water supplies and demands narrows in northwestern Colorado, state officials want to ensure that, as best as reasonably can be done, every last drop gets measured and recorded.
How Hudbay’s Santa Rita mining will impact Southern Arizona’s waterways
The proposed Copper World Complex mine is carving roads and berms that will impact wildlife and waterflow.
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.












