60 days and counting: Colorado River cutbacks achievable, experts say, as long as farm...
Colorado River Basin states have 60 days to come up with a water reduction plan.
Video: The vanishing vaquita
Should Colorado River water be used to grow alfalfa or subdivisions in the Phoenix metropolitan area?
Maybell project addresses problems for irrigators, boaters, fish
The Maybell Irrigation District and The Nature Conservancy are rehabilitating and modernizing a key headgate and diversion on the Yampa River.
River District looks for natural solutions to Crystal River water shortage
Officials say a solution to the water shortage on the Crystal River will probably include natural fixes before a dam and reservoir.
Basin roundtables push back on Colorado Water Conservation Board’s proposed code of conduct
The state water board is encouraging roundtables to adopt a code of conduct, but some Western Slope roundtables are pushing back.
Using less of the Colorado River takes a willing farmer and $45 million in...
Wyoming native Leslie Hagenstein lives on the ranch where she grew up and remembers her grandmother and father delivering milk in glass bottles from the family’s Mount Airy Dairy.
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How many “boatable” days does a Colorado river possess? We’re about to find out
A prototype web tool uses historical data to give river users and water managers the ability to check an entire season’s flow forecast.
14 Denver-area cities to coordinate drought response
As drought conditions intensify across Colorado, at least 14 cities in the Denver metro area say they will join forces to warn residents of looming water shortages and the need to cut back use this spring.
Scientists use simple cameras to answer complex questions about forests and the snowpack
“Snowtography” captures how the snowpack can vary dramatically across short distances
New gambling tax revenue forecasts in free fall; cash for water plan in limbo
It’s hard to generate money from a sports-betting tax when COVID-19 has removed athletes from the fields, courts and stadiums where they normally play.












