The floods that periodically scour the canyon and pour into the Little Colorado also are beneficial, Clark said, because they carry nutrients and sediment into the river and into the Grand Canyon.

The Little Colorado River's turquoise blue waters and the place where they comingle with the larger Colorado on its path through the Grand Canyon create a place that calls people to explore one of ...

Here the Little Colorado joins the main stem of the great river of the 20th century. In 1900, Los Angeles was not among the 20 largest American cities.Now it is second, watered by the Colorado.

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Little Colorado River cuts across the northeast corner of Arizona, emptying its waters into the much-larger Colorado River after a more than 330-mile journey. Few people ...

A proposed dam near the Grand Canyon would flood miles of the Little Colorado River Gorge, resulting in severe consequences for sacred Native American cultural sites and local wildlife, an ...

PHOENIX, Ariz. — The Grand Canyon stretch of the Colorado tops American Rivers' 32nd annual list of endangered rivers because of cumulative threats to scenery and spring water from commercial ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The Little Colorado River cuts across the northeast corner of Arizona, emptying its waters into the much-larger Colorado River after a more than 330-mile journey. Few ...

A young man dives into the Little Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. Photograph by Pete McBride, Nat Geo Image Collection “Unfortunately, there is a lot of misinformation about our activities ...

Grand Canyon rafters, hikers urged caution. The National Park Service is alerting river rafters, hikers and others who might be in the Canyon this week that Colorado River flows will ramp up ...

Floating in the bottom of the Grand Canyon last spring, I was traveling back in time in more ways than one. In a narrow section, where the Colorado River runs deep and quiet, Vishnu schist offers ...