A massive spill of raw sewage and untreated wastewater into the Arkansas River in southeastern Colorado continues to wreak ...

Aurora Water is in talks to purchase land and water from two of the most historic farms in the Lower Arkansas Valley, adding ...

Aspen Journalism reports that Gunnison River anglers and boaters are asking the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to increase Gunnison River streamflows to alleviate damage to the fishery. This request was ...

Colorado Politics reports that the town of La Veta’s water supply is running dry. Even with the town’s reservoirs sitting at 60% full, the town banned all outdoor water use over the summer. Still, La ...

Colorado ranchers who own some of the state’s most scenic landscapes are joining  new research efforts to better understand emerging water quality issues in the Yampa and Gunnison basins, among others ...

Science Daily reports that New Mexico’s largest reservoir, Elephant Butte, fell to its lowest level since 1971 — holding just 1.4% of capacity as of July 27, 2026. The Rio Grande reservoir has since ...

The Los Angeles Times reports that California lawmakers have approved a law that will make it less expensive for farmers to convert water-short farm fields to solar projects. The bill must still be ...

The Vail Daily reports that Colorado water regulators have placed a rare call on the Eagle River, requiring the Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority to put more water into the river to compensate for ...

Henry, Colo.: As the sun sets at the Colorado Farm Brewery, a light breeze plays over a deep green rye field that borders the patio. As they do most Thursday nights, nearly two dozen people have ...

OLNEY SPRINGS — From satellite view, the land north of the Arkansas River is a seemingly random checkerboard of vital green and desperate brown, quickly fading from a few thriving farm acres to the ...

T here’s a dirt lot in Pueblo that edges right up to the Arkansas River at the spot where a dam used to be. For about a year, Joe Cervi, spokesperson for Pueblo Water, drove his truck down a broken ...

During the drought-choked summer of 2021, Colorado’s largest reservoir, Blue Mesa, was low, its shoreline exposed and dusty like a dirty white collar. The massive inflows from the Gunnison River, a ...