Water

Local News

New Fort Lewis College training program aims to create pathways to water careers

Monthlong offering presented by Project RUN, FLC@Work and others

April 30, 2026

Local News

Residents, firefighters rethinking water use ahead of wildfire season

Officials stress mitigation as drought strains firefighting resources

April 23, 2026

Local News

Hillcrest Golf Club follows Durango Parks and Recreation’s lead in water management

Director shares how course made it through 2018 drought

April 15, 2026

Local News

Durango enacts lawn watering restrictions, fines for violations

Violators could face up to $300 penalty or disconnection from watering system

April 10, 2026

Local News

Durango to set water restrictions amid extreme drought

working to revise management plan to increase enforcement capabilities

April 9, 2026

Local News

Photos: Lemon Reservoir sitting pretty going into irrigation season

Lemon Reservoir sits 82% full on Tuesday north of Durango, holding 32,740 acre feet of water. With the October rains…

April 7, 2026

Local News

Southwest Colorado recreation industry can adapt during low-water years, panelists say

highlights strategies to sustain rivers and outdoor tourism during drought

March 28, 2026

Local News

Photo: Paddling on the Animas River

Michael Schweitz paddles down the Animas River on Tuesday after putting in at Oxbow Park before turning around and heading…

March 24, 2026

Local News

Southwest Colorado prepares to rein in water use

‘The outlook for this year is grim,’ said Ken Beck, superintendent of Pine River Irrigation District

March 21, 2026

Local News

Baseline water data collected as mining interest returns to the La Platas

Mountain Studies Institute to track changes during exploratory activity

March 2, 2026

Local News

Mountain Studies Institute’s new executive director bridges science and policy

McKeon teaches global environmental policy at Fort Lewis College

February 16, 2026

Regional News

Colorado River governors express cautious optimism after ‘historic’ D.C. meeting

Gov. Polis among participants in eleventh-hour gathering

February 2, 2026

Local News

Aging Vallecito Reservoir needs a serious makeover

Emergency overflow remains unusable until fixes can be made

February 2, 2026

Local News

Colorado 3rd Congressional District representative talks ICE, balance of powers and climate

Rep. Jeff Hurd struck middle-of-the-road tone on state, national issues

January 27, 2026

Local News

Pine River Irrigation District takes action against delinquent shareholders

penalty for nonpayment doled out since at least 2015

January 26, 2026

Regional News

Governors of Colorado River states summoned to D.C. in hopes of breaking negotiations impasse

Polis plans to attend meeting

January 26, 2026

Southwest Life

Colorado River talks: States are still at odds but working toward a 5-year plan

The so-called “bathtub ring,” a deposit of pale minerals left behind where reservoir water levels once reached, is shown on…

January 23, 2026

Southwest Life

Drought-stricken Arizona moves to curb groundwater use in more rural areas

Gary Saiter, chairman of the board and general manager of the Wenden Domestic Water Improvement District, walks by a water…

January 17, 2026

Local News

Rep. Jeff Hurd ‘disappointed’ after House fails to override Trump veto

Arkansas Valley Conduit project would have brought clean drinking water to rural Colorado

January 8, 2026

New Mexico

Tribes stake their claim on the Colorado River, and help conserve it

‘flex their sovereignty,’ intend to develop water rights

January 8, 2026

Local News

Water flowing again through Cascade flume, operating at reduced capacity

Permanent fix expected to take roughly two years

January 7, 2026

Local News

Bipartisan Colorado pipeline bill was noncontroversial until Trump vetoed it

Rep. Boebert suggests president retaliated for Epstein vote: ‘This isn’t over’

December 31, 2025

Regional News

Colorado’s 2025 ‘water year’ was abnormally hot, dry

finds October-September was among hottest on record

December 2, 2025

Local News

Fort Lewis College students study Falls Creek aquifer

Capstone project offers real-world experience, practical data for subdivision residents

December 2, 2025