Issues

The Colorado River is in crisis — one of the worst in recorded history. For the past several months, the seven states that use Colorado River water have been trying to come up with a plan to keep the river from collapsing. California is the single largest user of Colorado River water, which means that any effort to save the river involves California making some serious cuts. 

No joke: April 1 readings were decent across many parts of the West, but some areas are still stuck in a snow drought

The latest National Climate Assessment warns of a shrinking snowpack and serious downstream consequences.

Use this interactive map to browse photos and videos taken in wintertime from our expanding collection of free-to-use media captured by drones, planes and ground-based photographers.

This page in our free multimedia library features aerial photos of the snowpack in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado. The San Juans are mostly located in southwest Colorado...

If you’re looking for a crash course on snow and the Western snowpack, check out this great reporting, writing, and visual storytelling.

These "rivers in the sky" can cause catastrophic flooding but are also critical for the West's snowpack

On this episode of Water Buffs, we examine how drought can harm human health, specifically how dramatic fluctuations in water availability can lead to increasingly toxic water supplies.

There’s no shortage of websites with maps and graphics visualizing snow forecasts and the state of the snowpack.

This pragmatic tool from federal forecasters illustrates where snow, ice, and wind can be deadly and disruptive.