Colorado Parks and Wildlife is on the lookout for invasive species in the Colorado River, following the discovery of zebra mussel veligers in the river last July. The agency said it has begun ...

Environmental groups filed a petition calling on the Trump administration to strictly enforce a regulation that requires ‘beneficial’ use of Colorado River water. The measure, which could be ...

Water from the Colorado River flows through the East Highline Canal on its way to farms in the Imperial Valley on June 20, 2023. (Photo by Alex Hager/KUNC) The Colorado River makes up about half o ...

National water conservation groups filed a legal petition Tuesday asking the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to stop downstream Colorado River users from wasting water. The petition requests that the ...

DENVER (KDVR) — An aggressive aquatic nuisance species was found in a northeastern Colorado river. According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, rusty crayfish have been located in the West Fork ...

Rusty crayfish, an aquatic nuisance and an invasive species, has been discovered in a Larimer County river south of Estes Park, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. This is the first time the ...

What a difference a month makes. The forecast for how much water will flow this year into Lake Powell, a bellwether reservoir on the Colorado River, was already meager. Now, after a dry April, it’s ...

The forecast for spring-summer runoff in the Colorado River has taken a nosedive due to sharply decreased snowpack and total precipitation in April compared to earlier months. The federal forecast ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A pilot project to help the Colorado River is seeing some farmers signing up. The Colorado River Authority of Utah, which manages the mighty river for the state, has launched ...

WASHINGTON — The federal government is expected to announce water cuts soon that would affect some of the 40 million people reliant on the Colorado River, the powerhouse of the U.S. West.

But state officials said the lack of a Senate-confirmed leader is unlikely to hamper ongoing talks about how to share the Colorado River, as well as any potential cuts when flows are too low to ...

The mountains that feed the Colorado River with snowmelt are strikingly dry, with many ranges holding less than 50 percent of their average snow for this time of year. The low totals could spell ...