KEY POINTS Lake Powell is entering one of the most difficult periods in its six-decade history. Reclamation says it has the tools to maintain hydropower production at Glen Canyon this year. One of the ...
As Colorado River states missed yet another deadline to strike a drought deal, a new forecast showed a grim outlook for the ...
"The basin's poor hydrologic outlook highlights the necessity for collaboration," the USBR said.
The Bureau of Reclamation’s most recent forecast for Lake Powell paints a picture that should alarm anyone who depends on ...
The 30 tribal nations in the watershed — the river’s most senior water users — were deliberately excluded from the Colorado River Compact negotiations, a blatant attack on tribal sovereignty. In doing ...
Federal water managers say Lake Powell's level could drop low enough to impact power production at Glen Canyon Dam by the end of the year as drought conditions worsen across the Colorado River Basin.
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... After months of stalemate, glimmers of hope have emerged for consensus on a new plan to manage the shrinking Colorado River. Negotiators from the seven river ...
Lake Powell is projected to fall below a critical threshold of 3,500 feet in 2026, triggering mandatory federal intervention. This intervention could involve reducing water releases to Lake Mead to ...
The Interior Department must force seven bickering states to agree on drastic water cuts — after the driest winter in decades.
SALT LAKE CITY — A Colorado man plans to complete an unprecedented, 140-mile swim across Lake Powell. Forty-nine-year-old Shane Schieffer told KSL-TV he expects to begin his 10-day journey on Sept. 2.