Moab, Utah, is a growing town of 5,300 that up to five million people visit each year to hike nearby Arches and Canyonlands national ... or raft the Colorado River. Like any western resort town ...

The muddy current of the Colorado River carries our rafts through the red rock walls of Cataract Canyon in southern Utah's Canyonlands National ... rapid called Big Drop Three.

But this April and May, the Rio Grande has gone dry in large parts of Big Bend National Park ... when irrigated agriculture boomed on the river, from Colorado to El Paso. The first stream records ...

underneath Dead Horse Point and into Canyonlands National Park where it's joined by the Green River that flows down out of Wyoming. Near Hite, Utah, the first signs of the Colorado River's ...

Those who love the Dolores River canyonlands agree — the swath of rugged land along Colorado’s western border is one of the state’s last, best wild places. The tract encompasses staggering ...

Canoeing the Rio Grande near Big Bend National Park can be magical. But as the river dries ... which stretches from central Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico. I had only previously visited Big ...

Rancher Matt Redd, who operates Dugout Ranch near Canyonlands National Park ... alfalfa draw almost a third of the water from the Colorado River, exacerbating water stress in the region.

From 1836 through 1838, a trapper named Denis Julien carved his name throughout the Canyonlands area, including in the Colorado River canyon. The U.S. Army sent Captain John N. Macomb on an ...