The Colorado River Indian Tribes of California and Arizona voted to give their namesake waterway the same legal rights as a ...

Accessing rivers and streams is a “fundamental component of our culture and identity,” says an unnamed narrator in the opening minutes of a Colorado filmmaker’s latest short film. Yet it is also “an ...

The Colorado River is in dire health and could fail to meet demands if water managers don't act soon, a new study says. A quarter century of drought and growing demand have pushed the river's system ...

The personhood designation for the river is part of a broader "rights of nature" movement that aims to bestow new legal ...