After months of stalemate, glimmers of hope have emerged for consensus on a new plan to manage the shrinking Colorado River.

The lines in the sand haven't changed, even if warring states are working on a new deal to save the Colorado River.

After months of stalemate, glimmers of hope have emerged for consensus on a new plan to manage the shrinking Colorado River.

It was another bad year on the Colorado River, and the numbers prove it. River flows into Lake Powell at the Arizona-Utah border were 43 percent of normal in water year 2017-2018, which ended at ...

A report shows that both Mead and Powell have "reached alarmingly low levels, holding just one-third of their usual capacity." ...

Lake Mead and Lake Powell did see water levels increase early this summer as spring snowmelt worked its way down the Colorado River system, Aman said.

By the time the waters of Lake Powell began to rise in 1963, their photos and notebooks salvaged accounts of petroglyphs, natural bridges and extensive, pristine ecosystems in the Glen Canyon area.

Lake Powell The latest news on Lake Powell. LA reservoir located on the Colorado River, its shoreline stretches over 1,900 miles. It is the second-largest man-made reservoir in the United States.

Upper Basin states including Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, meanwhile, have explored a water market designed to reduce water consumption and keep water flowing to Lake Powell.

The Colorado River’s four Upper Basin state commissioners further embraced the idea of a “divorce” with their Lower Basin neighbors.