Lake Mead

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.

President Donald Trump froze billions of dollars from the Inflation Reduction Act that was designed to protect water supplies for cities, farms and tribes.

The Imperial Irrigation District in California is the Colorado River's largest water user. A new conservation plan will spend hundreds of millions to save water, but environmental advocates raised concerns.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has finalized its guidance for protecting water levels in Lake Powell and Lake Mead.

Park rangers at Lake Mead National Recreation Area are looking for “two vandalism suspects” after a video of two men damaging rock formations went viral.

Federal authorities are proposing an air tour management plan for the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in northwestern Arizona and southeastern Nevada.

The Arizona Hot Springs in Lake Mead National Recreation Area is closed after the National Park Service says high levels of “fecal bacteria” were found in the water.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a sample from Mohave County tested negative for the brain-eating amoeba infection Naegleria Fowleri.

Federal officials say that conditions have improved on the Colorado River to the point that a three-state plan to reduce water use should keep the river basin on stable footing for several years.