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The three states have coalesced around a plan to voluntarily conserve a major portion of their river water in exchange for more than $1 billion in federal funds, according to sources

California, Arizona, and Nevada have coalesced around a plan to voluntarily conserve a major portion of their river water in exchange for more than $1 billion in federal funds.

This winter has been a record breaker. The Upper Basin snowpack is at an all-time high and the runoff in our rivers is expected to be similar. While the Drought Monitor shows nearly all of...

Faulty assumptions have brought the “Law of the River” to a breaking point.

The Colorado River Water plan could affect the agriculture and energy sectors. Click to read more. A Colorado River water plan by the United States federal government that seeks to alter over a century-old water distribution practice across the American Southwest is threatening to impact the region, particularly in the agriculture and energy sectors.

Colorado lawmakers are proposing to create a task force to make recommendations combatting the drying Colorado River but water experts say that's been done before and no new ideas are likely to emerge.

Lake Powell is a boater’s dream. The nation’s second largest reservoir on the Colorado River is a maze of sandstone canyons teeming with houseboats. But climate change and unchecked demand for water sent the lake’s levels to a new record low this year. In this episode we explore changes to recreation in this popular vacation hotspot.

LYONS – Garrett Cammans and his brothers sometimes don't talk about their toughest moments on the job in the cloud seeding business, like the time when one of them got stuck in deep mountain snow and ...

LYONS – Garrett Cammans and his brothers sometimes don't talk about their toughest moments on the job in the cloud seeding business, like the time when one of them got stuck in deep mountain snow and ...

On April 11, the Biden administration released an environmental analysis on how the Upper and Lower Basin states should cut down on their Colorado...