State officials draft bill on stream restoration
Colorado officials have drafted a bill aimed at addressing a tension between stream restoration projects and water rights holders.
Corporate support for the river
For decades, water managers and environmentalists have worked to keep a critical stretch of the drought-stressed Colorado River healthy enough to support endangered fish. This year, they’re getting a...
Special Report: Colorado, New Mexico struggle to save the blistered Rio Grande, with lessons...
Cities in New Mexico and Colorado are juggling water scarcity concerns over the Rio Grande.
Groups try again to secure water for recreation
Some in Colorado’s recreation community are hoping proposed legislation will result in more water in streams for the benefit of boaters.
Stream restoration projects focused on beavers present ‘unsettled’ issue
Some fear perceived harm to downstream water users could prompt push for water rights
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.
Amid a withering drought, New Mexico leaders struggle to plan for life with less...
New Mexico faces tough choices as a dire and historic drought continues and the Rio Grande is unable to give everyone what they want or need.
Two new Colorado River reservoirs are rising on the Front Range, are they the...
Two new water storage projects designed to capture the flows of the Colorado River may represent the end of an era on the river.
CWCB changes course, will open most demand management meetings to public
The Colorado Water Conservation Board has decided to hold upcoming workgroup meetings about a potential water-demand management effort in public
City of Aspen banks on creative thinking for ATM water project
The city of Aspen is moving ahead on a project aimed at increasing the reliability of its water supply and environmental flows through what’s known as an “alternative transfer method,” or ATM.