The Water Desk

Steamboat Springs author and adventurer Eugene Buchanan has lived near the banks of the Yampa River long enough to notice it's rhythms and moods are often mirrored by the residents in his northwest Colorado ski town.

A group of nonprofits is calling for reductions to water demand, changes at Glen Canyon Dam and more transparent negotiations.

Colorado River states appear to be coalescing around the early makings of a new plan to share water in a way that accounts for climate change.

Water experts gathered at the University of Colorado, Boulder for talks about the future of the Colorado River. Top policymakers were notably absent.

Researchers found massive depletion of the region's groundwater, adding more stress to the drought-stricken Colorado River.

A hotter, drier future means advocates have to get creative to keep water in streams.

Putting a value on the state’s river recreation economic impact is a challenge.

Parks for whitewater kayaking hold a special legal status, but some river experts say it's time for Colorado's water law to evolve.

Top water negotiators declined to speak at an upcoming conference amid closed-door meetings about the future of the water supply for 40 million people.

The authors of a new memo say that states need to take shared water cutbacks to manage the Colorado River going forward.