Tribes across the West have worked with states to protect the Colorado River and conserve enough water to raise elevations in ...

Water from the Colorado River and its tributaries irrigates farms, sprinkles lawns and quenches the thirst of millions across Utah and the greater Southwest. While only 27% of the state’s water comes ...

Sporting sandals, swim shorts, and baseball caps — and, hopefully, plenty of sunscreen — a cohort of state lawmakers hopped aboard several rafts on a hot June day to talk policy as they floated the ...

Utah and the six other states that rely upon the Colorado River on Tuesday failed to reach an agreement on how to manage the drought-stricken waterway that supplies water to 40 million people. The ...

After months of little progress and public battles, negotiators from the seven Colorado River states may have regained their footing toward a shortage-sharing agreement. Officials say the Trump ...

Correction: The audio version of this story refers to Andrew Mead, the writer of an opinion piece in the L.A. Times. That is incorrect. The correct name is Aaron Mead. Climate change is affecting our ...

The first executive order President Trump signed in his second term, "Unleashing American Energy," wouldn't seem to have a direct impact on how much water is in the Colorado River, at least in the ...

New research based on satellite data shows the depletion of groundwater in the Colorado River Basin far exceeds losses from the river’s reservoirs. Scientists say overpumping is leading to alarmingly ...

The seven states on the Colorado River are spending millions of dollars to accurately measure how much water flows downstream and how much is taken out along the way. Quantifying the river's flow is ...

The mayors of Los Angeles, Phoenix and other Western cities are calling for the Trump administration to help the region address the Colorado River’s chronic water shortages. City leaders in the group ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Concerningly low amounts of water are flowing from Rocky Mountain snowpack this spring, a summer of drought looms across swaths of the West, and the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Water managers and state wildlife officials last year hoped the discovery of a microscopic zebra mussel larva in the Colorado River was a one-time event, not ...