Drought

Local News

Heavy snowfall a boon to cloud seeding in Southwest Colorado – until it isn’t

has received so much snow that operations have ceased

March 27, 2023

Regional News

Healthy snowpack promises to offer some relief for strained water supplies

Colorado’s statewide snowpack is above average weeks ahead of normal seasonal peak

March 14, 2023

Local News

Bennet Introduces ‘Protect the West’ Act to address wildfires and drought

Legislation aims to invest in the environment with sustainable financial efforts

March 1, 2023

Local News

Conference to address water crisis in Southwest Colorado

Drought requires ideas and collaboration; Sky Ute Casino in Ignacio will host seminar

February 22, 2023

Regional News

Pumping Mississippi River water west: solution or pipe dream?

an engineer feat would require decades of construction and billions of dollars

February 17, 2023

Local News

Will recent snowstorms reverse drought in Southwest Colorado?

Above-average precipitation is a boon to small basins, but downstream impacts are limited

February 16, 2023

Regional News

Drought, plague and fire: What the Rio Grande National Forest is up against

There’s no certainty swaths of beetle-bitten trees will recover over burn scars

February 1, 2023

Regional News

California is lone holdout in Colorado River cuts proposal

would result in about 2 million acre-feet of cuts in Lower Basin, with smaller reductions in Upper Basin

February 1, 2023

Local News

Workshop on ranching in drought stresses sustainability

Mountain Ute Tribe Farm and Ranch hosted a free series of presentations on range and herd management

January 15, 2023

Southwest Life

Colorado’s soil moisture is better than in recent years. But that’s not saying much

Relationship between dry soil conditions in the fall and spring runoff has gained more attention

December 2, 2022

Regional News

Early-season snow off to good start in Colorado’s high country

far, the biggest in-state beneficiary has been Southwest Colorado with 217% of the median snowpack

November 11, 2022

Local News

Climbers can chill out, Ouray Ice Park future secure

A new water source will help during drought times and provide new routes for scaling

November 2, 2022

Regional News

State of unease: Colorado basin tribes without water rights

Garnett Querta wipes sweat from his head while hauling water on the Hualapai reservation Aug. 15, near Peach Springs, Ariz.…

October 1, 2022

Regional News

On the Colorado River, growing concern for fish as waters warm

An angler casts a line at Lees Ferry near Marble Canyon, Ariz., in 2011. From prized rainbow trout to protected…

September 24, 2022

Regional News

Farming, water and Wall Street on Colorado’s Western Slope

Agriculture producers in Grand Valley face difficult questions over the future of water in the West

September 14, 2022

Local News

Durango to explore pipeline from Lake Nighthorse to Terminal Reservoir

will look at logistics, costs to support city water supply

September 2, 2022

Local News

Monsoon activity expected to stay strong through September

Durango has received 7 to 9 inches of rain in past 2½ months

August 27, 2022

Regional News

Crisis looms without big cuts to over-tapped Colorado River

Kelly Anderson shows how dry one of his fields is, Thursday in Maricopa, Ariz. Anderson grows specialty crops for the…

August 19, 2022

Regional News

How new Colorado River cuts will impact states, residents

A bathtub ring of light minerals shows the high water line of Lake Mead near Hoover Dam at the Lake…

August 17, 2022

Regional News

Deadline looms for western states to cut Colorado River use

– Visitors view the dramatic bend in the Colorado River at the popular Horseshoe Bend in Glen Canyon National Recreation…

August 15, 2022

Local News

Bureau of Reclamation to receive $4 billion to combat drought in Colorado River Basin

Funding will incentivize water-reduction efforts

August 10, 2022

Local News

Summer showers help, but long-term drought persists in Southwest Colorado

Forecaster says monsoons should keep delivering near-daily rains

July 31, 2022

Regional News

Water falls to extremely low levels at Lake Mead amid drought

Reservoir is now below 30% of capacity

July 11, 2022

Regional News

Colorado’s drought is bad. Tree ring history shows it could get a lot worse

A new study finds a scorching spell 1,800 years ago robbed the Colorado River of more than one-third of its…

July 3, 2022