Shrinking Aquifers in the San Luis Valley. By Maeve Conran · Jul. 29, 2013, 7:33 am. Listen Now. 5min 47sec. Share: ... Shriver has farmed in the San Luis Valley for nearly 30 years.

The San Luis Valley in southern Colorado is an 8,000-square-mile expanse of farmland speckled with potato, alfalfa, barley and quinoa fields between the San Juan and Sangre de Cristo mountain ...

The San Luis Valley, which receives less precipitation than nearly any other region in Colorado, is supplied by the Rio Grande, but under the river lies a vast aquifer system that is linked to the ...

San Diego County supervisors voted Wednesday to end management of the San Luis Rey Valley Groundwater Basin. The motion passed on a 4-0 vote; Board Chairwoman Kristin Gaspar was absent.

As the West endures a megadrought, rising levels of arsenic — a known carcinogen — in the water supply of Colorado's San Luis Valley offer clues to what the future may hold.

The Bureau of Land Management, supported by $161 million from the Inflation Reduction Act, is revitalizing Colorado's San Luis Valley. Efforts include restoring aquifers, wetlands, and trails ...

A San Luis Valley farmer, whose land falls within Ivers’ jurisdiction, is negotiating a groundwater conservation easement through which the farm will no longer tap the struggling aquifer beneath ...

The 8,000-square-mile San Luis Valley is the largest high-altitude desert in North America. It has been home to farms since before Colorado’s statehood, and today, it is the second-largest fresh ...

OCEANSIDE — The San Luis Rey River in North County crested at 12.46 feet Wednesday evening, its highest level in several years, according to automated data recorded by the U.S. Geol… ...

The San Luis Valley in southern Colorado is an 8,000-square-mile expanse of farmland speckled with potato, alfalfa, barley and quinoa fields between the San Juan and Sangre de Cristo mountain ranges.