A new study pinpoints the main cause of harmful algal blooms in Blue Mesa Reservoir, and includes a recommendation for a ...

Snowpack hasn’t been this low since December 1999 As of Dec. 29, snowpack in the Roaring Fork basin is at 3.4 inches of snow water equivalent (SWE) or 53% of normal. Last year, snowpack held 6.7 ...

In 2025, the Water Desk brought readers authoritative reporting on water quality issues in the Roaring Fork Valley, invasive ...

Lake Powell at Wahweap Marina as seen in December 2021. Dwindling streamflows and falling reservoir levels have made it more likely that what some experts call a Colorado River Compact “tripwire” will ...

The intake structure for the Snowmass Water and Sanitation District sits about 20 feet downstream of the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness Area boundary along East Snowmass Creek. The proximity to the ...

As an Aspen Journalism donor, thank you for making this reporting possible! Colorado’s mountains are pockmarked with orange tailings piles, adits, tunnels and rusted tramways, the remnants of a ...

As an Aspen Journalism donor, thank you for making this reporting possible! DURANGO — Over two days of hearings, Colorado water managers laid out their arguments related to one of the most powerful ...

As an Aspen Journalism donor, thank you for making this reporting possible! The findings of recent water-conservation studies on the Western Slope could have implications for lawmakers and water ...

As an Aspen Journalism donor, thank you for making this reporting possible! PINEDALE, WYO. – When Freddie Botur, 45, whose ranch spans 72,000 acres outside of Pinedale, Wyo., first heard about a ...

From left, J.B. Hamby, chair of the Colorado River Board of California, Tom Buschatzke, Arizona Department of Water Resources; Becky Mitchell, Colorado representative to the Upper Colorado River ...

As an Aspen Journalism donor, thank you for making this reporting possible! In May, students from Palisade High School gathered on the bank of the Colorado River to kiss goodbye to 250 juvenile, ...

From left, Hollie Velasquez Horvath, regional vice president for state affairs and community relations for Xcel, Kathy Chandler-Henry, president of the Colorado River Water Conservation District and ...