Colorado River

Large farms in parts of the Colorado River Basin are paying little — and in some cases nothing — for federally supplied water, even as cities and residents are being asked to conserve, according to a new report.

At a key meeting to discuss the river's future management, federal officials lay out tools for dealing with falling reservoir levels.

National monuments across the West do more than preserve iconic landscapes — they also help protect the rivers millions of people rely on for drinking water. But a new analysis warns those protections could weaken under the Trump administration’s push to redraw the boundaries of several monuments.

Wyoming’s attorney general wants to prepare for legal battles over the Colorado River Basin and the State Building Commission wants to update the Veteran’s Home of Wyoming.

The Utah Supreme Court said a private company failed to show the water would be put to “beneficial use.”

The move, by the Colorado River Indian Tribes in Arizona and California would give rights of nature to the water, marking a historic first.

New data from the Bureau of Reclamation puts the river and its reservoirs in formal shortage conditions. Policymakers are stuck on ways to fix that in the years to come.

The clock is ticking for Wyoming and other Colorado River Basin states to decide how to split up shrinking water supplies, and some conservationists are reconsidering a centuries-old water distribution tradition at work across the arid American West.

States that use Colorado River water need to agree on new rules for sharing it by 2026. If they don't, they will likely end up in messy court battles.

Spring heat waves could mean increased fire danger and more strain on water supplies.