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Debate over Colorado River cutbacks centers on whether water lost to evaporation should be counted. Changing the formula would hit California hard.

Lake Powell’s existential crisis is a unique opportunity to save a treasured landscape.

As the region wrangles over Colorado River water cuts, California hopes its senior water rights will trump the united front shown by six other states.

As the region wrangles over Colorado River water cuts, California hopes its senior water rights will trump the united front shown by six other states.

Eagle County is part of the birthplace of the Colorado River. Any agreement to allocate that river’s water is likely to affect residents. A century-old agreement to divide the Colorado’s water is no longer sufficient...

Most notable about what was suggested by Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada in the Jan. 31 letter to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is that the lower

As the federal government pushes states to reduce usage of dwindling Colorado River water, Imperial Valley farmers fear a "worst-case" scenario.

The Colorado River is approaching a breaking point, its over-tapped reservoirs dropping. Years of drying have taken a toll at the river's source in the Rockies.

Drought and global warming have transformed the Colorado River, making some sections unrecognizable to those who have spent decades on the river.

Indian Country is gearing up for another round of big cases at the nation’s highest court, with water rights and tribal sovereignty on the line.