As Colorado River states race to finish a deal, water users face a resource altered by drought and climate change.

In the 1950s, conservationists rejoiced in their successful campaign to stop the federal government from flooding swaths of ...

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The clock is ticking on the Colorado River. The seven states that use its water are nearing a 2026 deadline to come up with ...

Mitchell and Kenney did talk about Mead and Powell, the two big reservoirs in the basin, as all Colorado River conversations must. “Those are the two biggest reservoirs in the United States, and they ...

California and six other states that use water from the Colorado River are nearing a 2026 deadline to come up with new rules for sharing shrinking supplies.

Under Biden last year, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation finalized a decision to allow releases of water to bypass Glen Canyon Dam’s hydropower infrastructure to curb invasive fish populations.

The 'Glen Canyon Dam' book digs deep into the history and construction of the Glen Canyon Dam, which was a major project by the United States Bureau of Reclamation from 1956 to 1966. According to the ...

On Saturday, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area will begin construction to channelize the river mile -12 slough to prevent reproduction of small mouth bass in the Colorado River below Glen ...

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area will begin construction to channelize the river mile -12 slough on March 1 in order to prevent reproduction of smallmouth bass in the Colorado River below Glen ...

Colorado River slough at -12 river mile between Glen Canyon Dam and Lees Ferry in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. NPS Photo.

Modifying the dam would give water managers greater flexibility in dry years, and it would allow Glen Canyon to continue its ecological rebirth.