Report says New Mexico faces ‘looming groundwater crisis’ from climate change, overuse Experts recommend groundwater included, understood in regional planning January 15, 2026
Colorado River Program’s new director ‘cautiously hopeful’ about interstate negotiations Hawkins practiced in tribal nation projects, conservation efforts August 22, 2025
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
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
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
American Rivers ranks waters in New Mexico as the most endangered in the country Supreme Court rulings stripped protections from the vast majority of waterways in the state April 18, 2024
Colorado River tributaries receive restoration funding from Forever Our Rivers Foundation will work throughout the fall and summer to treat invasive plants May 21, 2023
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
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 Colorado a playground for research scientists Landscape diversity invites study of desert groundwater, alpine permafrost and prehistoric wildfires July 14, 2022
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
June rains top monthly normals in Southwest Colorado Moisture improves fire and rafting conditions, could signal early start to monsoon June 24, 2022
Colorado’s attorney general wades into murky dispute that could upend access to rivers, streams Official wants state Supreme Court to intervene in a case, warning of ‘monumental consequences’ April 15, 2022
Snowstorms help to replenish water supplies in Southwest Colorado A storm Wednesday will bring more snow, but water managers remain cautious about another dry year March 9, 2022
N.M. Supreme Court rules non-navigable water rule is unconstitutional allows for rafting, fly fishing and other uses on rivers that cross private property March 3, 2022
Water tracks better than last year as managers debate conservation measures is considering a program to reduce consumption, but Southwest Colorado has yet to weigh in January 20, 2022
Documentary focuses on biologists’ effort to save San Juan cutthroat trout after 416 Fire ‘The Fish & the Flame’ shows government agencies working with private land owners to save fish January 9, 2022
In Colorado’s rivers, genetic research helps rainbow trout rebound CPW’s approach to fighting whirling disease could be a model for the future November 18, 2021
Business New Mexico sues Colorado over Gold King Mine spill Colorado attorney general: Lawsuit doesn’t help cleanup June 26, 2016
Local News ‘Grand bargain’ decades of stalemate over protecting red rock landscapes, bill gets mixed reactions January 28, 2016
Business Can water plan sustain rec economy? Coalition favors conservation efforts September 15, 2014
Foundation issues slow work on dam Hollow Reservoir project will help Colorado irrigators February 6, 2014
MT - News Foundation issues slow work on dam Hollow Reservoir project will help Colorado irrigators February 4, 2014
