Summit County10d
The Colorado River is salty. But where does salinity come from, and what’s being done about it?
Of all the challenges facing the Colorado River, there’s at least one that all stakeholders are working on collaboratively, not competitively — salinity. Since 1974, the seven Colorado River ...
The Aspen Times4d
Colorado biologists caught 3 rare Colorado pikeminnows. What does that mean for the future of this critically endangered fish?
Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists were conducting a routine fish survey on the Colorado River when they made an ...
Los Angeles Magazine10y
CityDig: This 1938 Map Details Every Dramatic Stretch of the 242-Mile-Long Colorado River Aqueduct
In 1928, the Metropolitan Water District was formed for the express purpose of building the Colorado River Aqueduct and transporting the water to the city. March 12 of that same year, the St ...
The New York Times1y
The Colorado River Is Shrinking: What to Know
The seven states that rely on water from the shrinking Colorado River are unlikely to agree to voluntarily make deep reductions in their water use, negotiators say, which would force the federal ...