Aerial video: Colorado River and Green River in Utah, October 2020
This page features video footage shot with a mounted GoPro camera during a Lighthawk flight above the Green River, Colorado River and their confluence in Utah's Canyonlands National Park.
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Two new Colorado River deals give parched Lake Powell temporary relief
Lake Powell will receive 1 million acre-feet of water from the Colorado River as a short-term solution to drought, boosting lake levels and protecting hydropower production.
Lake Powell is draining away from Bullfrog Marina. Now it has to move
For Dave and Gaye Babcock, Lake Powell is like part of the family.
The couple from Helper, Utah, have been coming for nearly 50 years. They got engaged at the...
“A generational historic struggle to regain our water”
The Gila River Indian Community is ensuring that members can use their own resources while helping solve water supply problems in the region.
A Colorado River leader who brokered key pacts to aid West’s vital water artery...
Terry Fulp, Regional Reclamation Director, urges continued collaboration and cooperation to meet the river's tough water management challenges ahead
Milestone Colorado River management plan mostly worked amid epic drought, review finds
Draft assessment of 2007 Interim Guidelines expected to provide a guide as talks begin on new operating rules for the iconic southwestern river
New Rules
As climate change and overuse reduce water supplies, the gap between “paper water” (the legal right to use water) and “actual water” (what’s available) is widening.
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.
Drone videos and photos: Colorado River along Utah State Route 128 near Moab, December...
This page features drone footage and still imagery of the Colorado River near Moab, Utah, along State Route 128, which is designated as a scenic byway. Utah 128 runs...
A centuries-old system determines who gets water first and last
In response to the ongoing drought, Colorado has offered to pay ranchers to leave their water right in the river when levels sink to critically low levels.