The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has released a report with five options for managing the Colorado River after 2026. California faces significant water cuts under some proposals, which could impact ...

There’s a new plan on the table for managing the Colorado River after more than a year of deadlocked negotiations. Arizona, ...

Of all the challenges facing the Colorado River, there’s at least one that all stakeholders are working on collaboratively, not competitively — salinity. Since 1974, the seven Colorado River basin ...

We’re not looking at an incremental step here,” said Brad Udall of Colorado State University. “We’re looking at a complete ...

California and neighboring states unveiled a plan aiming to cut millions of acre‑feet from Colorado River use.

With a reddish tint from sediment carried over long miles, the mighty river that carved the Grand Canyon has been known by many names. Some Indigenous peoples called it “Dirty Water.” Spanish ...

If you took a look at a map of Rocky Mountain snow right now you would see a lot of red. The mountains that feed the Colorado River with snowmelt are strikingly dry, with many ranges holding less than ...

Within charts listing projections of water levels, inflow and outflow, and anticipated releases for 15 reservoirs in the Colorado River Basin, one message was clear: The river is in dire straits and ...

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 ...