Conservation

A powerful group that steers Utah’s water policy keeps pushing for costly infrastructure over meaningful conservation efforts.

A new thawing technology aims to help restaurants cut their water use, reduce their operating costs and shrink their carbon footprint.

With a warming climate continuing to rob streams and rivers of their flows, talk in Colorado has resumed about how to limit growing water demand for residential use.

Wyoming native Leslie Hagenstein lives on the ranch where she grew up and remembers her grandmother and father delivering milk in glass bottles from...

Glen Canyon Dam, climate change and invasive plant species are threatening the Colorado River.

In early June, water experts gathered at the University of Colorado Boulder to talk about the future of the Colorado River.  The lifeline for 40...

Western cities are using new tactics to address shrinking water supplies due to drought and population growth.

Cold Mountain Ranch and the Colorado Water Trust penned an agreement to improve the Crystal River’s streamflow and compensate nearby ranchers.

Several groups are studying demand management, underscoring persistent tensions between the Western Slope and Front Range water managers.

We discuss a recent American Rivers report that examines the economic value of rivers and our nation’s crumbling water infrastructure. The report calls on Congress to invest $500 billion over 10 years in water infrastructure and river restoration.