Western Colorado water purchases stir up worries about the future of farming
Part of a series by Aspen Journalism, KUNC, KJZZ and The Nevada Independent exploring how investors are banking on the West’s water scarcity.
Colorado River Econ 101
By Kurt Repanshek, National Parks Traveler
From the high country in Rocky Mountain National Park a muddy flush of water rushes downstream, through western Colorado....
‘It’s a different lake now’: As Lake Powell drops, an iconic marina chases deeper...
Titus Crawford spent four days calling Lake Powell boaters this spring. After a record low snowpack and off-the-charts March heat, the reservoir was on...
What will ‘super’ El Niño bring to landlocked, parched Wyoming?
While poised to wreak havoc across the globe, El Niño might mean a closer-to-normal Wyoming winter after a wild, snowless one last season.
Back-to-back droughts choke Western Colorado as winter forecast darkens
A repeat of dry conditions in 2021 is making Colorado’s continuing drought across swaths of the state’s Western Slope even more devastating.
Can AI forecast if snow will be fluffy or dense? Only with help from...
Scientists use machine learning and hand-collected data to better predict snowfall and storm impacts
Colorado lawmakers propose millions in funding to slash groundwater use; curb water profiteering
New legislation could help water-strapped regions of the state meet their obligations to deliver water to Kansas, New Mexico and Texas.
Photos: Roosevelt Lake and Dam, Arizona, February 2021
This page features photos of Theodore Roosevelt Lake and Theodore Roosevelt Dam, along the Salt River east of Phoenix.
Roosevelt Dam, which rises 357 feet,...
Report: Colorado River ranch water savings hit 42 percent
Colorado’s high altitude hay meadows could be re-operated to yield more than 40 percent in water savings, according to a new report.
Desalination helps meet water shortfalls in parts of the world. Is it a viable...
State Sen. Kevin Priola traveled to Israel in 2022 and came away with an idea: If the arid country can produce drinking water by...