The Western Slope wants to use Shoshone Power Plant’s water rights to help the river’s ecosystem. Colorado water officials ...

Colorado water officials will soon hear arguments about allowing Shoshone Power Plant's water rights to be used to help the Colorado River.

Stebbins said soil moisture offers a clear example of the split: In eastern Colorado, evidence of climate change drying the ...

"Immediate and substantial reductions" in Colorado River water use could be needed much sooner than anyone predicted, ...

The seven states that share the Colorado River are floating a new concept for how water could be shared in the future, marking forward progress after a long standoff between the Upper Basin and Lower ...

Zebra mussels are now in the upper Colorado River system, and the minuscule mollusks can wreak massive damage.

Sens. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) and John Curtis (R-Utah) introduced legislation aimed at optimizing water management in the U.S. West on Thursday, the eve of the region’s annual Colorado River Day.

As the economic, ecological and cultural centerpiece of the American Southwest, the increasingly dire condition of the Colorado River remains a central focus of GWC activities. Continuing a recent ...

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 ...

Western newspapers, blogs, and podcasts are humming this month with stories that the seven states on the Colorado River are close to an agreement on managing the river in future years. The existing ...

Deadlocked for months in tense, closed-door meetings, Colorado River states may be one step closer to an agreement. Representatives from each of the seven Western states have agreed to discuss a new ...