Colorado’s “doozy” of a water year ends with moisture in forecast
Water year 2026 is coming to an end, and good riddance. Colorado water officials base their calendars on…
Election year “poop water” claims lead wealthy suburb to drop recycling plan
Scottsdale, Ariz. — A Phoenix suburb ditched a plan to send recycled water from toilets and other sources…
US strikes Colorado River deal with Mexico
Officials from the United States and Mexico announced Wednesday a Colorado River water-sharing deal for next two years…
Texas chiropractor is among dead from Grand Canyon flood, family says
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Family members identified a hiker killed in weekend flooding in the…
Colorado River plan brings temporary relief but not long-term water security
PHOENIX (AP) — On the outskirts of Phoenix, a small town with a huge reliance on the Colorado…
Gilbert accelerates drinking water well program amid Colorado River uncertainty
GILBERT, AZ — Gilbert says it’s preparing for less water from the Colorado river. The town says it…
3 downstream Colorado River states must cut water in new 2-year plan
GRAND LAKE — The future of the Colorado River, which provides water to communities across Colorado, is more clear…
Colorado Front Range towns lack mandatory watering restrictions, despite drought
Want to water your grass limitlessly without risking a fine? In some Front Range towns, residents still can…
Beginning in 2003, Arizona biologists flew endangered humpback chub in a 55-gallon drum beneath a helicopter, moving them above a waterfall to warmer habitat beyond non-native trout | World News
Every autumn, biologists fly hundreds of humpback chub by helicopter to a safer stretch of the Little Colorado…
Colorado River officials face a fish-versus-power tradeoff as warmer water threatens native humpback chub and cool releases bypass dam turbines
Federal officials said on Thursday that they will not release cool water this year from Colorado River’s major…
California, Arizona, Nevada would face water cuts from Colorado River under federal proposal
Arizona, California and Nevada would take less water from the Colorado River under a proposal announced Friday by…
In 1991, America listed the razorback sucker as endangered; 35 years later, it has been moved to threatened after one population reached about 36,000 adults
The razorback sucker was first listed as an endangered species in 1991. US Fish and Wildlife Service has…