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

According to Skiles, the amount of dust found in Utah snow is largely due to human activity, adding that settlements and ...

The study largely focused on water levels originating from snowmelt in the Upper Colorado River Basin, a region with large amounts of dust that regularly blows onto mountain snowpacks. Researchers ...

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 ...

The Colorado River system is the lifeblood of the Southwest, delivering water to 40 million people across the United States and Mexico. Drought and ...

Talks had stalled late last year but have since resumed. Upper Basin negotiators, including Colorado's lead, Becky Mitchell, are pushing for supply-driven management of reservoirs like Lake Powell and ...

Nearly all water in the 1,450-mile-long river originates from snowmelt in the Upper Colorado River Basin, a region adjacent ... to build detailed maps of land-surface characteristics.

The "Utah Demand Management Pilot Program" will compensate agricultural producers in the Upper Colorado River Basin to temporarily stop irrigating their fields. According to Fox 13, agricultural ...