The Colorado River basin has experienced three D4 droughts in the last 20 years, including the current one. 2002, 2018 and 2021 are the most intense dry periods on record for the basin. “The droughts ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KJCT) - Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) confirmed that the Colorado River has tested positive for ...

Long-term drought and overuse continue to dry the Colorado River, which provides water to 40 million people in the West, in the long term.

A Lost River Finding Its Way Back. Just a decade ago, the final stretch of the Colorado River in Mexico was a dry, lifeless expanse. But now, thanks to reforestation efforts, more than 500,000 ...

The Colorado River is drying up due to a combination of chronic overuse of water resources and a historic drought. The dry period has lasted more than two decades, spurred by a warming climate ...

A Breakthrough Deal to Keep the Colorado River From Going Dry, for Now The agreement on cuts, aided by a wet winter and $1.2 billion in federal payments, expires at the end of 2026. Share full article ...

The Colorado River used to flow all the way to the Pacific Ocean. But climate change and steady demand mean that it dries up before it ever gets there. In the part of Mexico where the river once ...

Colorado snowpack, after a dry January, is near normal in north — and dismal in some places Below-average levels across mountain region could mean less Colorado River runoff ...

The river was divided among seven U.S. states starting with the 1922 Colorado River Compact. Mexico secured its share of water, 1.5 million acre-feet per year, under a 1944 treaty .

The Colorado River Is Running Dry, but Nobody Wants to Talk About the Mud. Lone Rock is reflected in muddy waters at Wahweap Bay in Lake Powell.

The Colorado River once flowed with so much water that steamboats sailed on its wide, meandering stretches near the U.S.-Mexico border. When the environmentalist Aldo Leopold paddled the river’s ...

In Mexico, 80% of Colorado River water is used for agriculture, while just 7% is left for the river’s ecosystem and 13% for municipal, industrial, or commercial use.