A recent graduate who majored in Southwest Studies and minored in Environmental Studies has put their degree to use by ...

Giant dams built to conserve the Colorado River have nearly wiped out nearby native cottonwood trees, causing big ecosystem disruption. Tiny dams built to mimic those built by beavers could bring them ...

As the first dam on the Colorado River, Laguna Dam was a turning point in Western development. Completed in 1909, it reshaped water use in the Southwest and paved the way for the 14 dams that followed ...

Lakes Mead and Powell, the largest reservoirs on the Colorado River, do not just store water. Their dams, Hoover and Glen Canyon, also generate electricity. This hydropower drives irrigation pumps and ...

The seven states in the River Basin, including Colorado, have until Nov. 11 to sketch out a high-level agreement for how to ...

The Colorado River flows through Grand County, Colorado, on Oct. 23, 2023. A new report calls for states to plan for curtailments to water use as the river shrinks. (File photo by Alex Hager/KUNC) A ...

On the headwaters of the Colorado River, water managers fear they are on the brink of a system failure as drought and climate change rewrite the old rules. Winter snowpack is no longer a reliable ...

GILA RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION, Ariz.—About 33 miles south of Phoenix, Interstate 10 bisects a line of solar panels traversing the desert like an iridescent snake. The solar farm’s shape follows the ...

Hydropower output at Hoover Dam is down by about half since 2000. Lakes Mead and Powell are approaching critical thresholds below which hydropower generation would be severely curtailed or cease.

US state negotiators are battling over how to manage dwindling water resources in the Colorado River Basin, a lifeline for ...

Giant dams built to tame the Colorado River have nearly wiped out native cottonwood trees along many riverbanks, disrupting local ecosystems. But new tiny dams, built to mimic ones that beavers make, ...