Climate change

Drought, growth, climate change, budget cuts, wildfires and competing demands for water are among the challenges facing the Colorado Water Plan.

There are growing concerns that many regions of the world will face water crises in the coming decades as rising temperatures exacerbate drought conditions.

A science panel argues for a new approach to make research nimbler and more forward-looking to improve management in the ailing Delta.

Draft assessment of 2007 Interim Guidelines expected to provide a guide as talks begin on new operating rules for the iconic southwestern river

Advocates say rainwater harvesting is a key component to improving water access and countering climate change

Terry Fulp, Regional Reclamation Director, urges continued collaboration and cooperation to meet the river's tough water management challenges ahead

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

Colorado officials say ponds without water rights throughout the region are depleting the Colorado River system.

The snowpack is crucial to the West’s water supply, ecosystems and economy. But climate change threatens to make the region’s snowpack thinner and less reliable. We talk to a leading snowpack researcher about how scientists are analyzing the past, present and future of the West’s snow.

A statewide public effort to determine whether Coloradans should engage in perhaps the biggest water conservation program in state history enters its second year of study this summer, but the complex, collaborative effort on the Colorado River has a long way to go before the state and its water users can make a go/no-go decision, officials said.