The "iconic and magical" cottonwood trees are the keystone species of the plant world and they're disappearing from Utah ...

The Colorado River and its tributaries supply drinking water to around 40 million people. More than 5 million acres of farmland use this water for irrigation, and the Colorado River basin is home ...

The source of salinity depends on where you are in the Colorado River Basin and when you’re looking. Up-basin in Colorado River tributaries in Eagle County — where naturally occurring salinity is very ...

A visual journey along the Colorado River, ... a city of about 715,000 that draws about 50% of its drinking water from tributaries of the Colorado River west of the Continental Divide.

Since the 1970s, commercial whitewater rafting has been one of the most idealistic and adventurous ways to experience Colorado’s historic and wild canyon, mountain, and desert landscapes. Here are ...

Recent work on the Gunnison River, a tributary of the Colorado, provides a model for success. In the past, beavers that populated the area would build dams that created more complex river flows.

The river is shrinking due to climate change, which means the nation's two largest reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, created by dams on the Colorado River, have reached record low levels in ...

CLARK COUNTY, Nev. (CBS4) - Protecting the Colorado River is a top priority for several groups. On Thursday, a coalition of elected officials, businesses and conservationists from across the ...

Water collection. Denver Water, which provides water to 1.5 million people in the metro area, pulls half of its water from tributaries connected to the Colorado River.

Until 1921, the Colorado River didn’t start in the state that bears the same name. It began in Utah, where the Green River from Wyoming and the Grand River from Colorado met.

The Colorado River, which provides drinking water to more than 40 million Americans, has become the country’s most endangered river amid rising temperatures and punishing drought conditions, a ...

The Colorado River is starting to swell with spring runoff, but just a few months ago, Avi Stopper clocked a gap in the Western United States' most important water supply. Stopper was driving back ...