This is an aerial view of the Plateau Creek Valley from an EcoFlight plane on June 25, 2018 in Mesa County. The Mesa County Mudslide, which occurred in 2014, reflects unstable soils in the area ...

A view of Lake Powell and the surrounding region, acquired on Jan. 31, 2016 by NASA's Aqua satellite. (Source: NASA Worldview) Looking on the bright side, however, snowpack in the Colorado River Basin ...

The Colorado River, dammed to form Lake Powell in 1963, crosses from east to west (which is left to right here because the astronaut was looking south; north is towards the bottom of the image).

Wildfires in Colorado and the U.S. The map shows active wildfire locations and all 2018 fire perimeters*. The map defaults to Colorado; to see all wildfires, click “U.S.” in the view area.

A view of the Colorado Plateau near Moab, Utah, where biocrust samples were taken in fall following rain that wetted the soil sufficiently to activate the microbes. Advanced Search.

Bieser Ranch, a 614-acre family-owned property in Plateau Valley, will be protected in perpetuity thanks to a conservation ...

Long after tectonic plate movement has created mountains, forces such as weather and river erosion can continue to shape a landscape. One such landscape is the Colorado Plateau, which spans more ...

Bill Haggerty, author of "Discovering the Colorado Plateau: A Guide to the Region's Hidden Wonders," thinks that "hidden" in the subtitle really means "less-visited." The book purposely avoids the ...

The Colorado plateau is intermediate in elevation between the adjacent Rocky Mountains and Basin and Range province, but unlike both these regions, which almost surround it, the plateau is largely ...