Wilderness watersheds and wildfire risk. Murky legal territory around river access. Increasing immigration enforcement ...

Understanding floods could also be key to unlocking an instream flow protection strategy for the Crystal River that would claim a certain amount of spring runoff in high water years for the benefit of ...

Despite being a nonpartisan race where candidates’ party labels are not displayed on the ballot, the candidates have expressed opposing views on politicized issues such as a rise in school shootings, ...

A “peaking” instream-flow water right would keep in the stream all of the water not claimed by someone else during years with high spring runoff, thereby maintaining these periodic floods, which are ...

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 ...

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 ...

Children play outside their homes at the 3-Mile Mobile Home Park near Glenwood Springs in June 2023. Credit: John Stroud/Aspen Journalism As an Aspen Journalism donor, you already know the value of ...

Thank you for your support of Aspen Journalism! Your support made this work possible. Thank you. West Slope water managers say they are being cut out of the process to review and approve applications ...

The penstocks and main building at the Shoshone hydropower plant, which is owned by Xcel Energy and uses water diverted from the Colorado River to produce electricity. The River District and Front ...

The Crystal River flows past a stream gauge at the fish hatchery just south of Carbondale. This location has nearly dried up in late summer in recent years due to drought, climate change and senior ...

Leslie Hagenstein stands in front of the New Fork River on Mar. 27, 2024. Through the federally-funded System Conservation Pilot Program, she was able to make 13 times more than she would have by ...

No trespassing signs line a section of the Fryingpan River flowing through private property upstream of Basalt. The Fryingpan is a popular stream for anglers, though public access is limited. Credit: ...