the first signs of the Colorado River's impoundment behind the Glen Canyon Dam become evident as the river begins to form Lake Powell. The lake is also fed by the San Juan River and is located in ...

How states dependent on the Colorado River are struggling to strike a long-term agreement Years of overuse combined with rising temperatures and drought have meant less water flows in the Colorado ...

California, Arizona and Nevada, three of seven states that depend on the shrinking Colorado River for water and hydropower, plan to temporarily reduce the amount of river water they use by 13% ...

Ahead of a deadline next week, the seven states that share the Colorado River have revealed competing plans for how the river should be managed in the future. They're split into two factions ...

As the Biden administration kicks off a years-long negotiation process to divvy up the shrinking water supply of the Colorado River, there are finally some signs of optimism after several bleak years.

The data can be visualized using an interactive map by the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center, which shows above average snowpack and a significant rise in water levels at many of the center's ...