Photos: Animas River aerials, May 2023
This page in our free multimedia library features aerial photos of the Animas River in southwest Colorado.
The Animas River begins high in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado,...
Photos: North Lake Powell, October 2022
This page features aerial photos of the northern end of Lake Powell in Utah.
Lake Powell is the second-largest reservoir in the nation by capacity and began to fill with...
Study: Colorado River water crisis could dry out Front Range, West Slope cities and...
If drought and climate change continue to sap the Colorado River, and a legal crisis erupts with downstream states, six of Colorado's eight major river basins could be forced to give up water.
Degrees of warming: How a hotter, thirstier atmosphere wreaks havoc on water supplies in...
Colorado's Pitkin County is grappling with higher temperatures, declining streamflows and drier soils caused by climate change.
Some still don’t have a reliable water source near the headwaters of the Colorado...
Residents of a mobile home park near Gunnison are often left without water because of unreliable supplies.
Colorado River experts say agriculture must make permanent cuts to water use
Water managers say drying up farmland is not the solution
Map: New Mexico drought tracker
This map depicts data from the National Drought Mitigation Center. Drought intensity categories are based on numerous indicators and local reports from more than 350 expert observers around the...
Videos and photos: Colorado River drone flight, August 2019
This page features drone-captured footage and photos of the Colorado River, near Radium, Colorado.
The imagery shows the Colorado River after it emerges from Gore Canyon, a popular whitewater rafting...
Weak 2020 water year comes to a close
What started as a promising water year for Colorado with above-average snowpack ended Sept. 30 with the entire state in some level of drought.
Two pumped water storage projects move forward in Colorado
Two proposed pumped water storage projects that could expand Colorado’s ability to store renewable energy are moving forward.