Dust-on-snow is a major threat to water in the Colorado River, yet no snowmelt forecasts integrate dust-accelerated melt. Using pioneering remote sensing techniques, new research is the first to ...

Nearly all water in the 1,450-mile-long river originates from snowmelt in the Upper Colorado River Basin, a region adjacent to arid landscapes that regularly blows dust onto mountain snowpacks.

The green lineage cutthroat trout, a subspecies of Colorado River cutthroat trout, is native to the Bobtail, McQueary and ...

Peter McBride From its source high in the Rocky Mountains, the Colorado River channels water south nearly 1,500 miles, over falls ... trout is headed back to the upper stretches of the river.

Nearly all water in the 1,450-mile-long river originates from snowmelt in the Upper Colorado River Basin, a region adjacent to arid landscapes that regularly blow dust onto mountain snowpacks.

River levels had begun to plateau as of midday Wednesday, according to preliminary measurements at the upper gauge of the McAlpine Locks ... The system is about 70 years old, with 26 miles of concrete ...

The seven states on the Colorado River are spending millions of dollars to accurately measure how much water flows downstream and how much is taken out along the way. Quantifying the river's flow ...

During a tour of the Western Slope last week, U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., said he was frustrated with the pace of ...

The study largely focused on water levels originating from snowmelt in the Upper Colorado River Basin, a region with large amounts of dust that regularly blows onto mountain snowpacks. Researchers ...