Conservation

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...

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.

The Colorado River basin has been here before.  This year’s historic winter of low snow might feel novel. But recent years give some insight into just how dry the West’s...

Officials say a solution to the water shortage on the Crystal River will probably include natural fixes before a dam and reservoir.

Some Colorado water managers are asking what authority the federal government has in the upper basin and which water projects could be at risk.

Pace of transition has accelerated, deepened and broadened

Two proposed pumped water storage projects that could expand Colorado’s ability to store renewable energy are moving forward.

Snowpack in Colorado is melting earlier than expected due to an increase in dust storm severity.

This year, the first-ever Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan is set to launch, and water officials expect 2020 to bring unprecedented changes to the way the river is run, including cutbacks in water use by some states.

The razorback sucker has survived in the river for more than 3 million years. Climate change could end that.