After months of stalemate, glimmers of hope have emerged for consensus on a new plan to manage the shrinking Colorado River.

The 1922 Colorado River Compact, a foundational interstate agreement that informs the management of a river that serves 40 million people, did not settle Native American tribes’ water rights ...

Colorado River states remain divided on sharing water, and some tribes say their needs are still being ignored. By Rachel Estabrook and Joe Wertz · Mar. 15, 2024, 4:00 am. Listen Now.

The Colorado River waters extend through seven states and two nations, including 277 miles through the Grand Canyon. Here's where it starts and ends. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

What is the Colorado River Compact? In 1922, seven western U.S. states signed an agreement about how they would use the water in the Colorado River. The states in the upper river basin ...

Native American tribes, excluded from Colorado River talks for a century, are demanding a seat at the table in negotiations over its future with seven states and the Bureau of Reclamation.

More than half of the Colorado River's water is used to grow crops, primarily livestock feed, a new study finds. The river and its users are facing tough decisions as the climate warms.

Colorado River in Crisis is a series of stories, videos and podcasts in which Los Angeles Times journalists travel throughout the river’s watershed, from the headwaters in the Rocky Mountains to ...

The Colorado River is drying up due to a combination of chronic overuse of water resources and a historic drought. The dry period has lasted more than two decades, spurred by a warming climate ...

The Colorado River stretches across the Southwestern United States—an area gripped by the most severe megadrought since around the year 800. And the future is difficult to predict.

The long-depleted Colorado River is getting a boost from the largest snowpack since 1997. Rising reservoirs offer some relief amid talks on needed water cuts.

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 ...