Arizona relies on the Colorado River to feed the nation and keep major cities humming. But the state could be in line for a lot less water soon.

If things don't change soon, the billions of dollars taxpayers spent buying time to fix Lake Mead and Lake Powell will have been one giant waste.

Utah has initiated a two-year pilot program that compensates farmers for temporarily fallowing crops or implementing other ...

Every year for the past 25, at least, negotiating teams for the seven states on the Colorado River have worked to overcome a new crisis, invariably driven by two entities: the state of California and ...

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

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 ...

The Colorado River and its reservoirs supply water to the 40 million people across the West who rely on the Colorado River.

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

Utah's Lake Powell has a "bathtub ring" that rises at least 70 feet above the water. Peter McBride From its source high in the Rocky Mountains, the Colorado River channels water south nearly 1,500 ...

Texas Parks and Wildlife purchased more land in Lampasas and Burnet counties, hoping to bring a more-than-3,000-acre state ...