The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District has been preventing floods, providing drainage and releasing irrigation waters for 100 years. Facing a future with increased urbanization, lighter snowpacks ...

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Morgan Bottom Connectivity Project received grants for Phase 2 of the project. Photo courtesy of Friends of the Yampa.   The Yampa River Fund Steering Committee has announced seven grants they are awa ...

As the Colorado River’s giant reservoirs have declined during the last two decades, even larger amounts of water have been ...

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In these times when water rights can be very politicized, reporter Regan Mertz sat down with Kate Collins, Executive Director ...

The battle over whether a massive copper mine can open along tributaries of central Montana's famed Smith River could hinge on one basic question: What activities constitute a "use" of water?

They just don’t want to see any changes to the timing, amount or location of where they get their supplies. Under the district’s proposal, the state would be able to use Shoshone’s senior water rights ...

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