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

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 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 ...

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 ☀️ ...

The Colorado River provides supplementary water for 2 million Utahns on the Wasatch Front. Right now, the Western states that depend on the river's water are hashing out how to manage it — and ...

Congressional Democrats and Republicans are trying to revive a Colorado River water conservation program called “essential” as the new Trump administration attempts to freeze its fundin… ...

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.

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 Colorado River, which provides water for about 15% of our country’s agriculture, is shrinking, and the current agreement that divvies up the water usage ends in 2026.

Federal officials indicated that even parts of the "Law of the River," a 100-year-old legal framework that governs Colorado River allocations, could change as a result of the negotiations.

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.

The source of salinity depends on where you are in the Colorado River Basin and when you’re looking. Up-basin in Colorado River tributaries in Eagle County — where naturally occurring salinity is very ...