The Colorado has been struggling for decades. This summer could bring it to the brink, threatening endangered wildlife and communities. There is not enough water flowing in the Colorado River to meet ...

The states along the Colorado River are proving the truth of the famous adage often attributed to Mark Twain: "Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over." At the end of the year, the current ...

Mandatory cuts in Arizona's Colorado River supplies will remain in place through 2026, federal water managers said Aug. 15, reflecting a poor winter runoff, growing demand and worsening drought. While ...

Concerningly low amounts of water are flowing from the Rocky Mountain snowpack this spring, a summer of drought looms across swaths of the West, and the negotiators tasked with devising a sustainable ...

For the 40 million people across seven states and two countries who depend on the Colorado River, 2026 is a turning point. Glen Canyon Dam, completed in 1963, was not designed to be operated at the ...

The Colorado River basin has lost huge volumes of groundwater over the past two decades according to a new report from researchers at Arizona State University. Researchers used data from NASA ...

Of all the challenges facing the Colorado River, there’s at least one that all stakeholders are working on collaboratively, not competitively — salinity. Since 1974, the seven Colorado River basin ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred Talks among seven states to solve the water ...

Geologists have solved the mystery of the disappearance from the geological record, millions of years ago, of one of North America's most important waterways: the Colorado River. A paper published in ...

Correction: The audio version of this story refers to Andrew Mead, the writer of an opinion piece in the L.A. Times. That is incorrect. The correct name is Aaron Mead. Climate change is affecting our ...