colorado river

A new report from Colorado River researchers found water levels at the nation’s two largest reservoirs are dropping fast and on track for dire consequences.

A group of environmental advocates sent a petition to the federal government with a simple, seemingly obvious message: Ensure that water from the Colorado River is only being delivered for reasonable and beneficial uses.

Two environmental groups worry that as drought causes Lake Powell's levels to drop infrastructure at Glen Canyon Dam could threaten water deliveries downstream.

The move, by the Colorado River Indian Tribes in Arizona and California would give rights of nature to the water, marking a historic first.

New data from the Bureau of Reclamation puts the river and its reservoirs in formal shortage conditions. Policymakers are stuck on ways to fix that in the years to come.

After a promising step in talks about the future of the Colorado River, the seven states that use its water appear to be hitting more hurdles.

An upcoming episode of the PBS documentary series “Human Footprint," focusing on the Colorado River, premieres in Flagstaff Friday night.

Colorado River states appear to be coalescing around the early makings of a new plan to share water in a way that accounts for climate change.

The Trump administration wants to strip funding for two U.S. Geological Survey labs in Flagstaff that research the Colorado River and the Southwest.

Trump has picked former Central Arizona Project manager Ted Cooke as the next commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. If confirmed, he will be the main federal official overseeing Colorado River matters.