Geography

As its trial date in water court approaches, hundreds of pages of depositions obtained by Aspen Journalism reveal state engineers’ sticking points regarding a proposed reservoir project they oppose in northwest Colorado.

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.

Putting a price tag on the water stored in the region’s high-elevation frozen reservoir

Colorado communities have identified projects to help ensure there's enough water for the state's people, farms and wildlife.

A bill making it easier for stream-restoration projects to take place has been gutted after stakeholders couldn’t reach an agreement.

A well-connected metro Denver water developer is proposing to export millions of gallons of water from the San Luis Valley to Douglas County.

Colorado lawmakers have suspended an attempt to prohibit outside investors from profiting off the state’s water.

A farmer and environmentalist formed an unlikely partnership to improve fish habitat in the San Luis Valley.

Renee Hoffman was never thrilled about the water quality at her house in Sleepy Bear Mobile Home Park on the outskirts of Steamboat Springs. “It...

Initiative in the Rio Grande basin intends to thwart catastrophic wildfires that wreck watersheds.