Issues

The city of Aspen is hoping some grant money can help it collect more data on snow and streams in the high country so it can better predict and plan for droughts.

Colorado officials have drafted a bill aimed at addressing a tension between stream restoration projects and water rights holders.

The most acute problem, experts say, is the lack of controls on groundwater pumping.

LONESOME LAKE, WYOMING—Whit Coleman belly flopped with style into some of Wyoming’s most famous alpine waters on a summer day. Out on a father-son backpacking trip with friends, the Salt...

A proposed hydroelectric project on the Little Colorado River shows the tricky trade-offs in transitioning from fossil fuels.

This page features drone-captured videos and images of Navajo Lake, a reservoir that impounds the San Juan River in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. Completed in 1962, Navajo...

As its trial date in water court approaches, hundreds of pages of depositions obtained by Aspen Journalism reveal state engineers’ sticking points regarding a proposed reservoir project they oppose in northwest Colorado.

Three conservation groups in Colorado are working on a revision to a state law that would allow natural river features to get a water right.

Grand County officials are searching for ways to prevent harmful algae blooms and weed growth in Grand Lake.

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