And, in case you missed it before casting your ballot, Eleanor Bennett, reporting for our joint Social Justice Desk with ...

Water managers from the seven states that share the Colorado River have blown a deadline given to them by the federal government to come up with a rough plan on how the drought-stricken river will be ...

A “peaking” instream-flow water right would keep in the stream all of the water not claimed by someone else during years with high spring runoff, thereby maintaining these periodic floods, which are ...

Lake Powell at Wahweap Marina as seen in December 2021. Dwindling streamflows and falling reservoir levels have made it more likely that what some experts call a Colorado River Compact “tripwire” will ...

Cattails at the edge of a manmade pond that is part of the Snowmass wetlands will be dredged and less than 1/10th of an acre will be filled in to accommodate a reoriented rodeo grounds in Snowmass ...

Thank you for your support of Aspen Journalism! Your support made this work possible. Thank you. The results of water quality testing on Lincoln Creek show that the waterway is toxic to fish and that ...

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 ...

Children play outside their homes at the 3-Mile Mobile Home Park near Glenwood Springs in June 2023. Credit: John Stroud/Aspen Journalism As an Aspen Journalism donor, you already know the value of ...

CPW sampling on the Colorado River found zebra mussel veligers. The river is now considered “positive” for zebra mussels from its confluence with the Roaring Fork River to the Utah state line. Credit: ...

Colorado River Water Conservation District General Manager Andy Mueller speaks at the hearing on the Shoshone water rights on Thursday in Durango. The River District says the Western Slope must ...

The Midland Railroad train station in Ruedi, Colorado, circa 1910-15. The town was established in the high mountain valley when the railroad came through in 1887. Ranching continued in the area until ...

The Crystal River flows past a stream gauge at the fish hatchery just south of Carbondale. This location has nearly dried up in late summer in recent years due to drought, climate change and senior ...