For decades, the Colorado River Delta was a shadow of its former self—a barren, cracked landscape where water once flowed freely. Drained by agriculture and urban expansion, the once-mighty river had ...

But it wasn’t always this way. It’s the Colorado River Delta, where the river once met the Pacific Ocean and created a sprawling network of forests and wetlands. For decades, though ...

This episode explores the mystery of the vanishing Colorado River Delta. Once a lifeline for the American Southwest, it's now a shadow of its former self. What happened? Outdated water laws?

Collectively, these measurements offer a detailed map of the character and contents of Colorado River water as it travels from Rocky Mountain National Park to the canyonlands. “What we’re trying to do ...

Image: 20.25 x 27 in. (51.44 x 68.58 cm.) Sheet: 27.5 x 34 in. (69.85 x 86.36 cm.) Frame: 28.75 x 35.25 x 1.5 in. (73.02 x 89.54 x 3.81 cm.) Signed on verso. Accompanied by a signed Certificate of ...

conservationists are working to bring a once-dying river delta back to life. On a stretch of the Colorado River, which on the Mexican side of the frontier is mostly a dry riverbed, native ...

Edward Burtynsky is a Canadian photographer known for his large-format images of natural environments altered by industry. His lens captures rivers that run fluorescent, mountains of detritus, and ...

Snowpack across Colorado ranges from close to normal levels near the Colorado River headwaters ... 31% of normal — the lowest in the state. A map from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's ...