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Mike Petkash’s shaggy black dog Brandy bounded across his backyard chasing after a tennis ball. She leapt up the tiered levels of mulch, rock and shrubbery until she found the

Colorado water is also Colorado history. From the first decreed water right in 1852, to the prior appropriation doctrine in 1876, to the apportionment of the Colorado River in 1922,

Colorado water is also Colorado history. From the first decreed water right in 1852; to the prior appropriation doctrine in 1876; to the apportionment of the Colorado River in 1922;

As the federal government directs more and more scrutiny on the Colorado River and its tributaries, the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer is developing systems to better account for how much water is diverted from the San Juan River and how much is returned in hopes of demonstrating to both federal partners and […]

As water levels at Lake Powell continue to drop, the groups say important and old mechanisms on the dam will be useless.

As water levels in Lake Powell keep dropping, activists say Glen Canyon Dam is in need of upgrades to its plumbing so it can keep sending water downstream.

A new analysis of Glen Canyon Dam shows plummeting water levels could leave Arizona, California and Nevada less than their annual share of the river thanks

As water levels in Lake Powell keep dropping, activists say Glen Canyon Dam is in need of upgrades to its plumbing so it can keep sending water downstream.

PINAL COUNTY, ARIZ. — Colorado River basin water has transformed Nancy Caywood’s fields in the desert southwest of Phoenix into carpets of green cotton and alfalfa for generations. But in

The longest-serving member of the California State Water Resources Board has resigned his post, but not before noting the "dark and uncertain times" ahead as states, including Colorado, grapple with