A new study pinpoints the main cause of harmful algal blooms in Blue Mesa Reservoir, and includes a recommendation for a ...

Colorado River experts and water managers say feds' EIS options don't go far enough to address water scarcity and climate change ...

This winter’s dismal snowpack and dire projections about spring runoff underscore the urgency for the states to come up with an agreement for a new management paradigm.

As an Aspen Journalism donor, thank you for making this reporting possible! Time is ticking for states that share the shrinking Colorado River to negotiate a new set of governing rules. One major ...

The intake structure for the Snowmass Water and Sanitation District sits about 20 feet downstream of the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness Area boundary along East Snowmass Creek. The proximity to the ...

As an Aspen Journalism donor, thank you for making this reporting possible! DURANGO — Over two days of hearings, Colorado water managers laid out their arguments related to one of the most powerful ...

As an Aspen Journalism donor, thank you for making this reporting possible! PINEDALE, WYO. – When Freddie Botur, 45, whose ranch spans 72,000 acres outside of Pinedale, Wyo., first heard about a ...

Sketch by Lt. C. H. McCauley, Third U.S. Cavalry, of the Meeker tragedy at the White River Ute Indian Agency, Sept. 29 1879, Rio Blanco County, Colorado, showing soldiers and officials surveying the ...

As an Aspen Journalism donor, thank you for making this reporting possible! The findings of recent water-conservation studies on the Western Slope could have implications for lawmakers and water ...

From left, J.B. Hamby, chair of the Colorado River Board of California, Tom Buschatzke, Arizona Department of Water Resources; Becky Mitchell, Colorado representative to the Upper Colorado River ...

As an Aspen Journalism donor, thank you for making this reporting possible! Like a lot of his neighbors, John Sullivan looks down his Apple Tree Park street and across the Colorado River toward the ...

Thank you for your support of Aspen Journalism! Your support made this work possible. Thank you. West Slope water managers say they are being cut out of the process to review and approve applications ...