Rivers

Southwest Life

Stewards of Colorado’s sweetest crops on high alert as invasive mussels gain ground in water supply

Wine grapes bask in the sun in Palisade, Colorado, in July, 2025. Water suppliers in the Grand Valley have started…

December 19, 2025

AP New Mexico

A drying-up Rio Grande basin threatens water security on both sides of the border

research says the situation arguably is worse than challenges facing the Colorado River

November 24, 2025

Local News

Torrential rains cause flash flooding across La Plata County

weeks of hot, dry weather, recent heavy rainfall raises river water levels.

August 27, 2025

Local News

Colorado River Program’s new director ‘cautiously hopeful’ about interstate negotiations

Hawkins practiced in tribal nation projects, conservation efforts

August 22, 2025

New Mexico

Arizona, Nevada and Mexico get less Colorado River water for a third year

are working to reach agreement by next year on new long-term rules

August 15, 2025

New Mexico

Judge permanently orders landowners to keep Pecos clear in state stream access lawsuit

2022 ruling found the public has the constitutional right to access streams for paddling, fishing and wading

March 14, 2025

AP New Mexico

Feds outline ‘necessary steps’ for Colorado River agreement by 2026

Announcement offers no recommendation about how to divvy up water from the river

November 21, 2024

Local News

Durango sustainability manager discusses water use with panel

Pool said city’s water comes predominantly from Florida River, supplemented by Animas River

September 15, 2024

Regional News

At least 32 have died in Colorado waters this summer. State loaning life jackets, upping citations to slow pace

season’s tally of water fatalities include 17 deaths in reservoirs and 15 in moving water. CPW has issued 430 tickets…

July 13, 2024

Outdoors

Colorado rivers are peaking – and so are drownings

least 18 people have died in state reservoirs and waterways so far this year

June 13, 2024

AP New Mexico

Native American tribes give unanimous approval to proposal securing Colorado River water

a third of homes in the Navajo Nation don’t have running water

May 24, 2024

AP New Mexico

Native American tribes give unanimous approval to proposal securing Colorado River water

a third of homes in the Navajo Nation don’t have running water

May 24, 2024

Regional News

River dam near Salida removed after years of rescues, drownings and environmental impacts

Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Chaffee County commissioners help fund removal

November 10, 2023

Local News

Durango-area subdivision couldn’t be more proud of its wastewater discharge

Housing development has a state-of-the-art $8.6 million sewage system out of Austria

December 11, 2022

Regional News

Colorado’s official state fish makes second comeback after previously thought extinct

Wildlife officials report a breeding population of greenback cutthroat trout

September 27, 2022

Travel

New Zealand river’s personhood status offers hope to Māori

The Whanganui River winds through the town of Whanganui, New Zealand, on June 15. In 2017, New Zealand passed a…

August 15, 2022

Local News

Durango couple complete 6,800-mile river and coastal loop

Marshalls circumnavigated eastern United States and Canada

August 11, 2022

Regional News

Upper Basin states lay out plan to help the Colorado River, but say Lower Basin needs to chip in more

Letter: ‘Efforts to protect critical reservoir elevations must include significant actions focused downstream of Lake Powell’

July 19, 2022

Southwest Life

Southwest Colorado a playground for research scientists

Landscape diversity invites study of desert groundwater, alpine permafrost and prehistoric wildfires

July 14, 2022

Local News

How citizen scientists are testing our streams and rivers for contamination

Mountain Studies Institute, Fort Lewis College partner to measure E. coli in San Juan National Forest’s waterways

July 6, 2022

Regional News

Official: Colorado River cuts should be made by Arizona, Nevada and California

have two months to drastically reduce water use or face federal intervention

July 4, 2022

Local News

June rains top monthly normals in Southwest Colorado

Moisture improves fire and rafting conditions, could signal early start to monsoon

June 24, 2022

Local News

CPW to celebrate 125th anniversary with reopening of Durango Wildlife Museum

Reintroduction of lynx is among local field office’s accomplishments over last century

June 6, 2022

Local News

As drought and wind plague Southwest Colorado, one family finds too much water

and rivers are rising fast from snowmelt, creating hazardous conditions

May 9, 2022