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The fight for public freedom to wade in Colorado rivers is getting gnarlier following a high court ruling this month that, if judges stand by it on Friday, bolsters the state's position that riverbeds can be private property.

The fight for public freedom to wade in Colorado rivers is getting gnarlier following a high court ruling this month that, if judges stand by it on Friday, bolsters the state's position that riverbeds can be private property.

Solar developers say an effort to conserve Western landscapes could have dangerous climate change consequences.

When a landowner hurled rocks at Roger Hill for wading and fishing in the Arkansas River, the octogenarian angler sued, arguing the river was navigable when Colorado became a state in 1876 and therefore public...

Nevada is emerging as a major battleground to determine the fate of a century-and-a-half-old mining law as demand for valuable minerals in the U.S soares.

A court ruling that mining companies cannot dump waste rock on public land where no economically valuable minerals are present could send projects back to square one.

When a landowner hurled rocks at Roger Hill for wading and fishing in the Arkansas River, the octogenarian angler sued, arguing the river was navigable when Colorado became a state in 1876 and therefo...

With the Colorado River in near crisis, and talks on water use gridlocked, Arizona, California, and Nevada recently agreed to cut use. Their proposal shows progress, but has limits.

A draft of the Interior Department's rules is expected to come out by next month and could help determine how President Joe Biden's climate agenda affects

A tentative agreement between Arizona, California and Nevada to reduce water use from the Colorado River by 3 million acre-feet over three years falls short of what is needed, according to experts.