Unlike the lower basin states that rely on Lake Mead, “we don’t have a large reservoir to supply our releases,” Gebhart said. Instead, Wyoming’s Colorado River Basin reservoirs provide ...

The river actually starts near the Continental Divide in Yellowstone Park in Wyoming and works its way down to Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park. From there, it traverses Idaho — even ...

Wyoming’s water chief wants emergency funds for hydrologists to measure flows in the state’s portion of the troubled Colorado River Basin, documentation he said is vital to preserving ...