During a tour of the Western Slope last week, U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., said he was frustrated with the pace of ...

A River Lost to Agriculture and Expansion While the delta’s recovery is inspiring, it comes after decades of ... seen water in this part of the Colorado River before. Now, they bring their ...

"Farmers are the first to be cut back, and so we feel the impact of the shortage of the Colorado River before anybody else ... expire at the end of 2026. After that, new Colorado River operating ...

Peter McBride From its source high in the Rocky Mountains, the Colorado ... except after heavy rains, is the runoff from alfalfa, lettuce and melon fields and pecan orchards. The river has become ...

“Climate change is reducing the flows of the Colorado significantly,” says climate scientist Brad Udall. 40 million people in the booming Southwest rely on the river. But the demands and ...

Dust-on-snow is a major threat to water in the Colorado River, yet no snowmelt forecasts integrate dust-accelerated melt. Using pioneering remote sensing techniques, new research is the first to ...

The theme of the week may have centered on piecing together ways to manage the Colorado River after 2026, but Nevada and its six neighboring states in the basin walked away with a fractured puzzle ...

In 2026, legal agreements that apportion the Colorado River will expire. Colorado River water cuts next year will stay the same for Arizona, Nevada Long-term challenges remain for the 40 million ...