By Alex Hager – KUNC , (Via AP Storyshare) Good news on the Colorado River is rare. Its reservoirs, the two largest in the country, have shrunk to record lows. The policymakers who will decide its future are stuck at…
In Nevada’s monstrous Lake Mead Reservoir, the term “dead pool” has a dual meaning. For hydrologists, dead pool represents a catastrophically low water level in a reservoir below which the water can no longer pass through the outlet works of…
By Created by Heather Sackett at Aspen Journalism LAS VEGAS — Representatives from two lower basin states on the Colorado River have said they would finally address something that the upper basin states, including Colorado, have long pressed them to…
Provided by KUNC The Imperial Irrigation District in California, which uses more Colorado River water than any other farm district or city in the West, has agreed to conserve 100,000 acre-feet in 2023 in exchange for payments from the federal…
By Alex Hager at KUNC (Via AP Storyshare) High in the mountains of Colorado, it’s a time of quiet. The summer leaves have given way to bare branches, but the ski slopes haven’t yet filled with tourists—or snow. Soon, the…
By Alex Hager, KUNC (Via AP Storyshare) Federal officials are easing water restrictions in response to new Colorado River forecasts from the Bureau of Reclamation. An unusually snowy winter in the mountains helped replenish the beleaguered river and added water…
Photo and Article by Alex Hager / KUNC (Via AP Storyshare) Deaths on rivers in Colorado are up from last year, according to data from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. So far this year, 18 people have died on the state’s…
By: Luke Runyon KUNC (Via AP Storyshare) The Supreme Court has ruled against the Navajo Nation in a case centered on the tribe’s rights to the drying Colorado River. The tribe claimed it was the federal government’s legal duty to…