Colorado River

Here’s how much Lake Mead could rise after an epic winter and new water cuts

Photo: Intake towers for the Hoover Dam rise above the surface of Lake Mead in April 2023. Will Lanzoni/CNN Lake…

10 months ago

Catholics are sounding the alarm on dwindling Colorado River

Photo: An elevated view shows the dramatic decline of water levels at Lake Mead near Boulder City, Nev., The nation's…

11 months ago

Colorado River water: How California, Arizona and Nevada plan to use less

California, Arizona and Nevada, three of seven states that depend on the shrinking Colorado River for water and hydropower, plan…

11 months ago

Upper Colorado River States Add Muscle as Decisions Loom on the Shrinking River’s Future

Flows in the White River (pictured above) and other tributaries of the upper Colorado River have declined dramatically and contributed…

1 year ago

‘Water is life’: Native leaders honor sacred river spaces as courts debate water rights

Photo: A view near the confluence of the Little Colorado River and the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon on…

1 year ago