Zebra mussels found in Colorado River near Grand Junction
State wildlife officials detected zebra mussel larvae in three spots along the Colorado River earlier this month, a sign that the invasive species could be spreading in the waterway.
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River project included in latest round of federal water funding
The U.S. Department of the Interior and Bureau of Reclamation will send $242 million to five projects in Western states to improve water storage and clean drinking water supply.
Colorado River Indian Tribes sign historic water rights settlemen
With the waving water of the Colorado River in the background, tribal, federal, and state leaders gathered on the Colorado River Indian Tribe’s reservation to celebrate the historic signing of the tribe’s water rights settlement.
Ninth Circuit upholds federal plan for Colorado River dam
Conservationists lost an appeal to the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday as they attempted to force the federal government to reconsider climate change studies in managing the Glen Canyon Dam and Colorado River.
Facing shortage, Colorado River users dream of making more water
Scientists have recorded a 20% decrease in river water over the last 100 years and anticipate meeting just 80% of the average this year.
New look at old study could correct Colorado River Compact flaw
Researchers believe the people who drew up the original Colorado River Compact ignored good science on how much water actually flows down the river annually.
Utah oil train project denounced as danger to Colorado
Some of Colorado’s top Democratic elected officials on Friday issued their most united and forceful call yet to halt a planned Utah railway expansion that would send up to five two-mile-long oil trains per day through sensitive mountain ecosystems.