Geography

Douglas County commissioners consider spending $10 million to help finance a controversial San Luis Valley farm water export proposal.

As the Southwest faces rapid growth and unrelenting drought, the Colorado River is in crisis, with too many demands on its diminishing flow. Now those who depend on the river must confront the hard reality that their supply of Colorado water may be cut off.

This page features drone-captured and ground-based photos and videos of the Rio Grande near its headwaters in southern Colorado. The Rio Grande...

Pitkin County took the final step in a years-long effort to get more water into the often water-short upper Roaring Fork River.

This page features aerial photos of Arizona's Granite Reef Diversion Dam, along the Salt River near Mesa. Completed in 1908, the dam is only 29 feet high but...

For the last two years, Robin Daigle has had to boil her tap water before pouring it in ice cube trays.  She boils tap water...

David Hajoglou sat on the rocks next to a rushing stretch of river in Golden, Colorado. As he scouted a kayak route through the...

A new economic study suggests that a wide-scale water conservation program in Colorado could cost more than $120 million.

This page features photos of the aftermath of the Ferris Fire in southwest Colorado. The blaze burned nearly 65,000 acres during a busy summer for wildfires...

The Colorado River stretches 1,450 miles across the U.S. And for just 17 miles, the river flows through the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe’s reservation,...