This state park near Taos offers a fantastic natural retreat with stunning palisades, camping options, hiking trails, and ...

Tensions over the Colorado River have been red hot, but officials say heads have cooled and progress is resuming toward a shortage-sharing agreement.

Colorado River states still have no unified long-term management plan and ‘are just about out of time,’ experts warn Current operation guidelines for the Colorado River, which provides water ...

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.

The Colorado River is starting to swell with spring runoff, but just a few months ago, Avi Stopper clocked a gap in the Western United States' most important water supply. Stopper was driving back ...

Colorado has unique protections for river recreation, but do they have enough legal muscle? Parks for whitewater kayaking hold a special legal status, but some river experts say it's time for Colorado ...

The Southwest and Rocky Mountain states are reviewing a plan that could split Colorado River water based on actual flows, not storage.

The Colorado River Basin has lost twice as much groundwater since 2003 as water taken out of its reservoirs, according to a study based on satellite data.

Colorado River states still have no unified long-term management plan and 'are just about out of time,' experts warn by Elise Schmelzer ...

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 … ...

Every year for the past 25, at least, negotiating teams for the seven states on the Colorado River have worked to overcome a new crisis, invariably driven by two entities: the state of California ...