During a tour of the Western Slope last week, U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., said he was frustrated with the pace of ...

Some of the best extreme skiers in the world recently gathered at a Colorado mountain for an event that might end up in the ...

“It’s really important to the Western Slope that we are invested in our water and so many people are coming to this event just to get it this information that’s so powerful, straight from the source,” ...

Dust-on-snow is a major threat to water in the Colorado River, yet no snowmelt forecasts integrate dust-accelerated melt. Using pioneering remote sensing techniques, new research is the first to ...

Fallowing can be a touchy subject with agriculture producers, who fear losing their water rights or losing their livelihood.

Volunteers split into 5 groups to clean trash and debris on a 30 mile stretch of the Colorado River that runs through the heart of Grand Junction. “The amount of waste that we pull out of here ...

The South Platte River Trail in Julesburg, Colorado, was voted the seventh-best recreational trail in the USA by USA TODAY 10Best readers. The 19-mile trail features historical sites like Fort ...

The Trump administration ruined what should have been a good spring in the Klamath River basin. By abruptly laying off federal personnel and freezing payments for already authorized programs and ...

Water issues in the West are not a new thing. The Southern Nevada Water Authority reports that “the Colorado River Basin is experiencing the worst drought in recorded history,” with Lake Mead ...

The seven states of the Colorado River basin are also in the process of negotiating new rules to govern how to share water that serves tens of millions of people across the American West.