The amount of groundwater that has been pumped out of the Colorado River Basin since 2003 is enough to fill Lake Mead, researchers report in a study published earlier this week.

As the Colorado River’s reservoirs have declined, even larger amounts of groundwater have been drained from aquifers. Using satellite data, scientists have estimated the vast water losses.

The Colorado River Basin’s groundwater supplies are dwindling, thanks to a combination of both natural events and human pumping activities, a new study has found. The critical Western system has ...

The Colorado River Basin’s groundwater supplies are dwindling, thanks to a combination of both natural events and human pumping activities, a new study has found. The critical Western system has ...

As the Colorado River's reservoirs have declined, even larger amounts of groundwater have been drained from aquifers. Using satellite data, scientists have estimated the vast water losses.

The Colorado River provides drinking water to nearly 40 million people and supplies water to irrigate over five million acres of farmland across seven western states and is vital to agricultural and ...

“Increased salmon and steelhead abundance in the Columbia River Basin — especially above Bonneville Dam — over the past 40 years marks important progress,” said NWPCC Council Member Louie ...

Officials are still not close to reaching their goal of returning at least 5 million salmon and steelhead to the Columbia River Basin. However, new data shows a positive trend in total abundance ...

The Amite River Basin Commission recently outlined 13 major projects in its first master plan. Of the costs estimated, the plan could reach more than $3.8 billion. Bayou Manchac improvements: Cost ...

Negotiations over the Columbia River basin could affect the environment in Canada and electrical generation and flood control in the United States. Negotiations of a 60-year-old treaty between ...

A-Basin wants more parking, small gondolas and summer campground All are part of a new 10-year master development plan submitted to the U.S. Forest Service ...