Conservation

The federal government is trying to save the water supply for 40 million Americans. It has released three possible plans to protect the Colorado River Basin, which is facing...

In Diamond Valley, Nevada, farmers are looking to protect their future — and testing the limits of the state’s water laws.

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.

Experts warn that climate change has rendered old assumptions outdated about what the Colorado River can provide, leaving painful water cuts as the only way forward.

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...

A fen-restoration project aims to enhance the wetland’s ability to provide habitat, store and filter groundwater, and sequester carbon.

A multibillion-dollar reservoir and pipeline project may one day pull more than 50,000 acre-feet of water per year from the South Platte River.

A $1 million science experiment on Colorado hay fields is backed by powerful water groups, farm interests, and environmentalists.

Two new water storage projects designed to capture the flows of the Colorado River may represent the end of an era on the river.

A new study shows that sedimentation from the Colorado River means that Lake Powell's storage capacity is lower than previously believed.