Day 2 at Lake Mead was spent entirely on a boat, covering miles of newly exposed shoreline. As the waterline dropped, sunken boats appeared again and again. Some were intact, others reduced to remains ...

Lake Mead’s drought exposed parts of the lake bed that were once 175 feet underwater. Areas that had been too deep for scuba ...

Ultrarunner Mina Guli says she doesn’t actually love running. The Thirst Foundation nonprofit CEO is somewhat of a living contradiction, after running 200 marathons in 2022 across 32 countries to ...

New federal projections represent another troubling outlook for Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir, as states that depend on the Colorado River work to renegotiate long‑term management plans.

Negotiators couldn't strike a deal in Salt Lake City this week. Can 7 governors make peace in time to avoid a court battle?

The recent winter storm did not alleviate the "snow drought" plaguing Colorado, Utah and other western states. Snowpack ...

Even if spring brings a lot of snow, Colorado River water managers will likely rely on the Wyoming-Utah reservoir to help maintain Lake Powell, state water officials say. The post ‘Snow drought’ may ...

You've heard of drought — a prolonged period of low rainfall, leading to a shortage of water — and we've been dealing with it locally for decades. But have you heard of snow drought? According to the ...

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs heads to Washington, D.C. for pivotal talks on the Colorado River's future amid potential ...

The federal agency overseeing the water supply for tens of millions of people in the West has published a list of options for how it might manage the drought-stricken Colorado River in the future. The ...

A big bend on the Colorado River. (Photo: Alexander Stephens/Bureau of Reclamation) The Bureau of Reclamation has released an environmental analysis of several options for post-2026 Colorado River ...