An archive of news on the Colorado River’s drought, shrinking reservoirs, and efforts to craft a new management plan for seven states and Mexico post-2026.
Amid drought, climate change, and overuse, the amount of water flowing in the Colorado River has decreased while the number of people depending on it has never been higher. By Amanda Pampuro, Courthouse News Service For many farmers who draw...
Even a huge snowpack during the coming winter would only give the river basin states less than two years of storage before reservoirs returned to historic lows. By Jake Bolster, Inside Climate News This article originally appeared on Inside Climate...
By Anne Castle, Jack Schmidt, Eric Kuhn, Kathryn Sorensen, Katherine Tara Stored water reserves in the Colorado River system continue to decline. The mismatch...
Satellite data tracks hidden water dynamics across the basin, improving predictions critical for drought planning By Faith Kearns, Arizona State University For Arizona, where much of the state’s water supply depends on the Colorado River, even small improvements in hydrologic...
When you’re in a hole, stop digging Commentary by Gary Wockner The chaos on the Colorado River has reached a fevered pitch. In a March 30, USA Today news story, the river’s most respected climate scientist, Brad Udall, described the extreme drought...
By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism With drought and high temperatures putting unprecedented pressure on water users throughout Colorado, from cities...
The Colorado River Basin has been sliding toward a critically dry year since January—enough to put extraordinary federal action on the table. Although there were brief hopes that late-winter storms might turn things around in February, March, or April, these...
