The U.S. Supreme Court will weigh in on a legal battle over one of Colorado’s critical water sources as Nebraska seeks to use more water from the South Platte River through the Perkins County Canal.
A controversial 8-foot-tall fence erected by the owner of Cielo Vista Ranch in southern Colorado’s Costilla County is harming wildlife and degrading habitat, a new report by wildlife experts says.
The two major reservoirs on the Colorado River, Lake Powell and Lake Mead, face dire outlooks that can spur restrictions on the amount of water flowing downstream and decrease hydropower generation.
Environmental advocates and doctors say allowing three Colorado coal-fired power plants to stay open longer than planned will worsen public health, contribute to more deaths and increase costs.
Lake Mead could plummet to 1,015.77 feet above sea level in July 2027.
Denver Water has completed its Gross Dam expansion, but it’s unclear if it will be able to fill the expanded reservoir to its new capacity while a court battle with environmentalists plays out.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials on Friday killed a gray wolf that attacked 22 sheep on the Western Slope since last summer, agency officials said.
Fourth-generation Colorado rancher Susan Nottinham acknowledges that one of her employees was behind the killing of the matriarch of the new King Mountain wolf pack in March.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is planning to implement a framework for the Colorado River that requires renegotiating its management every two years. The seven basin states haven’t reached agreement.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday declared a drought emergency as this winter’s record-low snowpack and abnormally warm spring fuel one of the worst statewide droughts on record.