Geography

Four states have embarked on formal meetings to negotiate jointly with some of the largest owners of Colorado River water rights: tribal communities.

Snowpack in Colorado is melting earlier than expected due to an increase in dust storm severity.

Colorado's Pitkin County is grappling with higher temperatures, declining streamflows and drier soils caused by climate change.

Drought and demand threaten a critical component of the Western grid as Lake Powell approaches minimum power pool for the first time.

A proposed hydroelectric project on the Little Colorado River shows the tricky trade-offs in transitioning from fossil fuels.

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

The process of protecting environmental flows takes an important step forward as three laws passed in 2020 start to take effect this year.

A fen-restoration project aims to enhance the wetland’s ability to provide habitat, store and filter groundwater, and sequester carbon.

A water court judge has agreed with state engineers and dismissed several of a water conservancy district’s claims for water for a dam and reservoir project in northwest Colorado.

The Trump administration’s new definition of “waters of the United States” dramatically shrinks federal protection of many wetlands and waterways under the Clean Water Act. The rule change cuts red tape for farmers and developers but could threaten ecosystems and drinking water, especially in the arid West.