Blue Mesa is threatened by a two-decade-long drought and downstream obligations
Experts say it will take a lot more than one snowy winter to refill the reservoir.
Aspen officials release plan laying out 50 years of water projects
Aspen’s new water resource plan outlines the strategy for creating emergency storage to address threats to existing supplies.
As Colorado River reservoirs shrink, feds ask for work-arounds for 2022
As drought threatens Colorado River reservoirs' ability to generate hydropower, the Bureau of Reclamation is creating work-arounds.
Taking stock of the spring snowpack
Maps and charts visualize conditions at the April 1 milestone
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...
Colorado distillers, builders and restaurateurs get water savvy this Earth Day
Earth Day offers a chance to highlight some Colorado projects and businesses that are moving the needle on water sustainability.
How low can Ruedi Reservoir go?
Water levels could fall so low this winter that the city of Aspemay struggle to generate power, and water owners could see shortages.
Anger and disappointment as Yampa River ranchers ordered to measure water
Hundreds of ranchers in the Yampa Valley have ignored a state request to begin measuring the water they use, putting them on a collision course with regulators if they don’t relent.
Questions simmer about Lake Powell’s future as drought, climate change point to a drier...
Lake Powell faces demands from stakeholders with different water needs as runoff is forecast to decline due to warmer, drier conditions.
Photos: Animas River in southwest Colorado, 2022 and 2024
This page in our free multimedia library features photos of the Animas River in southwest Colorado. The images were captured during two trips on the Durango and Silverton Narrow...