Documenting the Colorado River, Pete McBride's photography reflects on the drought and its impact on this vital water source.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CIÉNEGA DE SANTA CLARA, Mexico — The rusty observation tower at the edge of this wastewater-fed marsh offers an osprey-eye view of ...

There is a slow-motion catastrophe unfolding across the American West, and most people living inside its shadow don't fully ...

You might think a mighty river carving the Grand Canyon would easily make its journey to the ocean. The truth is far more sobering. For most of the past century, the Colorado River has been running ...

The Colorado River basin spans parts of California, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming, and serves over 40 million people across the seven states, 30 tribes and Mexico. (Photo by ...

Not so long ago, the Colorado River Delta near Yuma was 3,000 square miles of buzzing life, home to great stands of willows, cottonwoods and chattering legions of birds. On its damp floodplains, ...

An aerial photograph of the end of the Colorado River in Mexico in October 2025. Credit - As a Coloradan who grew up skiing, I am alarmed at this year’s lack of snow. But more alarming to me than the ...

(The Center Square) - Officials negotiating to protect and redefine use of the Colorado River face a major deadline approaching on Feb. 14. And experts said an agreement is unlikely to come in time ...

With the seven basin states locked in a stalemate over Colorado River negotiations, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation released its draft of options for managing the basin’s water supply. The states now ...

As a Coloradan who grew up skiing, I am alarmed at this year’s lack of snow. But more alarming to me than the missing powder days is the lack of water that will flow this spring. Snowpack in the ...