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Picture a mountain stream: clear, with a blue hue and glistening with crisp mountain runoff. Now, picture the Upper Colorado River: a cloudy, reddish-brown flow, especially during peak runoff. How does the Upper C end...

Colorado River water managers are facing a monumental task. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has asked seven western states to commit to an unprecedented amount of conservation and do it before a deadline later this summer. This comes amid shrinking water levels in the nation's largest reservoirs.

Colorado officials insists that other states should do the cutting.

As snowpack from the Colorado River decreases, Arizona’s major reservoirs are at all-time lows. But that hasn’t stopped projects to divert more water from the river’s flow.Although estimates of the Colorado River’s flow point to a drier future, there are still a number of projects on the drawing board for new dams, diversions or pipelines in Upper Basin states. Those projects

As snowpack from the Colorado River decreases, Arizona’s major reservoirs are at all-time lows. But that hasn’t stopped projects to divert more water from the river’s flow.Although estimates of the Colorado River’s flow point to a drier future, there are still a number of projects on the drawing board for new dams, diversions or pipelines in Upper Basin states.Those projects

Colorado officials insists that other states should do the cutting.

St. Johns River is about 500 km long, making it the longest river in Florida. Approximately 3.5 million people live along the river and its watersheds.

What two stooped and warped sentinels in the Great Basin are telling us is a scary story, with a twist of possible redemption. Approximately 1,800 years after popping out of the ground as seedlings, l...

Old timers who manage ditches, head gates and canals often mention the “head of water.” It refers, somewhat imprecisely, to an amount of water needed to force its movement over

Colorado River water managers are facing a monumental task. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has asked seven western states to commit to an unprecedented amount of conservation and do it before a deadline later this summer. This comes amid shrinking water levels in the nation's largest reservoirs.