‘Pain and suffering’: What the feds’ Lake Powell proposal means for Utah and other...

This story was originally published by The Salt Lake Tribune on August, 12, 2026. After years of analysis and stalled negotiations, the federal government...

Fearing ‘catastrophic impacts’ from water cuts, Nevada sues feds over Colorado River plan

Nevada is the first state to sue over the Trump administration’s 10-year strategy for how to stabilize use of the Colorado River.

‘Pain and suffering’: What the feds’ Lake Powell proposal means for Utah and other...

After years of analysis and stalled negotiations, the federal government last month finally laid out its proposal for managing the Colorado River’s biggest reservoirs for the...

Western Slope lawmakers take Colorado River managers to task

Missed deadlines, threat of litigation, conservation program prompt questions

The Colorado River states are deadlocked and the river is crashing. Will a ‘grand...

A 'wild idea' to defuse the Colorado River Compact's legal time bomb has been kept alive by seasoned observers who believe it could still save the river

Aspen activist wants ‘rights of nature’ for the Roaring Fork River

Movement reimagines humans’ relationship to local waterways

How New Mexico learned to love its ephemeral waters

In 2004, Michael and Chantell Sackett purchased a plot of land near Priest Lake, Idaho, in the picturesque northern reaches of the state’s panhandle....

As deal deadline approaches, Colorado River stewards debate a broad range of options

It’s crunch time for negotiators from seven western states trying to strike a deal before Feb. 14 on how to share the dwindling Colorado...

As Gross Reservoir rises, Boulder County residents grapple with project’s legal turmoil

Pieter Strauss used to love hosting stargazing parties at his house in the Lakeshore Park neighborhood up Flagstaff Road southwest of Boulder. The hobbyist...

Colorado communities have spent millions of dollars on whitewater parks. Are they worthwhile?

There’s an old catchphrase that Colorado kayak park proponents used in the early 2000s to sell the idea that keeping water in streams mattered...