A dry January across Colorado and the rest of the Rocky Mountain West has created a dichotomy of water haves and have-nots.

The Colorado River relies heavily on snowpack in the Upper Basin states — Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming — that melts ...

Snowpack in the upper Colorado River ... The water levels in the river’s second largest reservoir, Lake Powell, largely dictate how much water is released to lower basin states like Arizona.

Federal officials asked the Upper Colorado River Commission's federal chair to resign as the Trump administrations replaces key leaders.

After years of studying and experimenting with pilot programs, the future of Colorado ... from the new reservoir operation guidelines, which the seven Colorado River basin states are negotiating.

Colorado Springs’ rapid expansion has reshaped the Fountain Creek watershed, accelerating erosion, increasing stormwater ...

Save The Poudre sued to stop construction of two northern Colorado reservoirs intended to serve 15 growing cities and water ...

President Donald Trump’s intrusion into California’s long-running conflict over water management has drawn massive media and political attention.

The pilot program has paid water users — mostly farmers and ranchers — in the four states in the Colorado River’s Upper Basin to voluntarily ... river’s two major reservoirs to their ...

A rocky start to the year has put water flows through America's second-largest reservoir on track to decline, unless ...

They contribute to Lake Powell, one of two big water bank accounts on the Colorado River. When I visited the reservoir in May 2022 ... How will the seven basin states share this diminished river?

That's the Upper Colorado Basin snowpack ... Update That snowpack feeds the Colorado River, and that water drains into Lake Powell and Lake Mead. Both reservoirs remain relatively low.