A mud-caked “terra incognita” emerges in Glen Canyon as Lake Powell declines to historic...
Lake Powell’s delta is the place where the flowing Colorado River meets the stillwater reservoir.
Counting every drop: Colorado approves $1.9M for high-tech snow, water measuring program
Colorado has approved a $1.9 million snow measuring initiative that will help forecast how much water mountain snowpack will likely generate.
Scientists use simple cameras to answer complex questions about forests and the snowpack
“Snowtography” captures how the snowpack can vary dramatically across short distances
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 turns left, going south...
As pressure to regulate Yampa River continues, locals raise cash to aid compliance effort
Nearly one year after the state ordered Yampa River water users to begin measuring their diversions from the iconic river, local community groups have raised more than $200,000 to help cash-strapped ranchers and others install the devices needed to comply with the law.
Colorado water users, environmentalists brace for changes as EPA, Supreme Court weigh wetland rules
The Supreme Court is reevaluating the Clean Water Act's standards for wetland protection, which could affect the health of Colorado waterways.
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.
Groups try again to secure water for recreation
Some in Colorado’s recreation community are hoping proposed legislation will result in more water in streams for the benefit of boaters.
Polis signs five major water bills into law: instream flows, anti-speculating, and more
Colorado enacted five major pieces of water legislation, including providing more water for environmental flows and studying how to limit water speculation.
Colorado officials crack down on ponds in Arkansas River basin
State engineers in the Arkansas River basin are beginning to crack down on more than 10,000 ponds without legal water rights, which they say are harming senior rights holders.