Skiers descend Arapahoe Basin Ski Area in Colorado on May 4, 2025. Snowpack across the mountains that supply the Colorado River is far below normal for ... The ski legend is the latest high-profile ...

The Colorado River Basin provides water for more than 40 million people and fuels hydropower resources in seven U.S. states.

Top water negotiators declined to speak at an upcoming conference amid closed-door meetings about the future of the water ...

The mountains that feed the Colorado River with snowmelt are strikingly dry, with many ranges holding less than 50% of their ...

Water managers in Colorado are budgeting for low water supply in the Colorado River Basin as summer approaches. Ken Curtis is ...

Hydrologists say that hotter temperatures have been drying out soils and vegetation in the west, leading to less water ...

During a tour of the Western Slope last week, U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., said he was frustrated with the pace of ...

The U.S. Department of Interior said Wednesday it extended more than a dozen contracts with water-rights holders in ...

said he was frustrated with the pace of negotiations that could determine how the Colorado River is shared in the future and that the Upper Basin states may be pushing back too hard. A deal should ...

The petition requests that the bureau ensure that all deliveries to Colorado River Lower Basin users — those in California, Nevada and Arizona — are “reasonably required for beneficial uses ...

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 even more miserly. That does not ...