A boating and fishing paradise on the Utah-Wyoming line is beginning to feel the effects of the two-decade megadrought gripping the southwestern U.S.
Colorado River Compact: 100 years later
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State of unease: Tribes in the Colorado River basin without water rights
One hundred years after the signing of the Colorado River Compact, many Native American tribes still struggle to fully secure water rights.
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Nevada looks to conservation as the Colorado River dwindles
Unlike other states of the Colorado River Basin, Nevada has one main river user: Las Vegas, which uses 90 percent of the state’s allocations.
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WATCH: Colorado Basin tribes without water rights
One hundred years after the signing of the Colorado River Compact, many Native American tribes still struggle to secure Colorado River water rights.
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Farming, water and Wall Street on Colorado’s Western Slope
Agricultural producers in Colorado’s Grand Valley face difficult questions over the future of Colorado River water in the West
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New Mexico officials grapple with how to make do with less Colorado River water
New Mexico is expecting more pressure on its Colorado River water as more tribes reach water rights settlements and build out infrastructure.
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Arizona water officials worry about future access to Colorado River
While Arizona cities reliant on the water have backup supplies to cushion them in the short term, talk of cuts leaves long-term picture more uncertain.
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Stressed Colorado River keeps California desert farms alive
California may be forced to give something up in the coming years as hotter and drier weather causes the river’s main reservoirs to fall to dangerously low levels.
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100 years after the Colorado River Compact, the Southwest is nearing a crisis point
Pressure has intensified on the river as the driest 22-year stretch in the past 1,200 years has gripped the Southwest.