Geography

Experts say it will take a lot more than one snowy winter to refill the reservoir. 

This page features drone-captured photos and videos of the Rio Grande near San Antonio, New Mexico. Located in the center of the state, the village...

In December 2020, the Summit County Open Space and Trails Department bought a 15-acre property with a small pond, three ditches and a well.  Known...

This page features photos of the Fryingpan River on Colorado's Western Slope near Basalt. The Fryingpan River is a tributary of the Roaring Fork River,...

Julia Bernal, director of the Pueblo Action Alliance, talks to Water Desk Director Mitch Tobin about the legacy of colonialism in New Mexico and its impact on water issues.

As global temperatures rise, the freezing line where precipitation changes from rain to snow moves up the mountains, shrinking the area capable of sustaining a seasonal snowpack.

This page features fishing on the Green River in Utah. The Green River flows through Wyoming, Utah and Colorado, running 730 miles downriver before connecting...

A new law gives the state authority to test water quality in mobile home parks and force owners to fix any issues. The testing program officially begins this summer, but state officials have gotten a head start at one community in Western Colorado that helped spur the legislation.

Colorado’s high altitude hay meadows could be re-operated to yield more than 40 percent in water savings, according to a new report.

Is prior appropriation up to the task of divvying up the state’s water in an era of increasingly frequent and severe drought conditions?