Colorado snowpack, after a dry January, is near normal in north — and dismal in some places
A dry January across Colorado and the rest of the Rocky Mountain West has created a dichotomy of water haves and have-nots.
Crested Butte News9h
Drought conditions return to Upper Gunnison Basin
The state drought monitor shows that 64% of the basin is now abnormally dry, and there has been widespread snowpack and drought condition degradation. “The whole state moved from 77% experiencing no ...
Lake Mead: Colorado Snowpack Adds to Water Woes
Latest estimates place the Upper Colorado River Basin snowpack at just 83 percent of the historic median for this time of ...
Sterling Journal-Advocate2d
Water experts: Crisis on Colorado River affects all Coloradans
Three of Colorado’s top water experts hammered home the idea that Colorado’s water situation id precarious, at best, and ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel2d
Colorado lawmakers take aim at turf — again
Colorado lawmakers want to add more restrictions on thirsty grass in new residential developments in an effort to conserve ...
Nevada Current20h
Water is the other US-Mexico border crisis, and the supply crunch is getting worse
Immigration and border security will be the likely focus of U.S.-Mexico relations under the new Trump administration. But ...
Arizona Daily Star10d
Trump spending slash could put Colorado River conservation in 'world of hurt'
The Trump administration’s move to halt spending on “green” energy programs leaves a big question mark hanging over federally ...
Post Independent Citizen Telegram1d
Warm weather raises concerns about Roaring Fork Valley snowpack, water supply
Recent warm weather is raising concerns for the snowpack of the Roaring Fork Valley and whether that snowpack will be enough ...
Snowpack in the Rockies is lagging well below average. Colorado River forecasters still see hope on the horizon.
The Colorado River relies heavily on snowpack in the Upper Basin states — Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming — that melts ...
KTNV Las Vegas9d
Upper Colorado Basin Snowpack falls behind: Your February Water Status Check
As of early February, the snow storage for our water system in the Southwest is at 76% of the 30 year average. Meanwhile, Tier 3 Extreme Drought persists in Southern Nevada.
Nevada snowpack takes a turn for the worse following warm, dry conditions
Snowpack in the Lake Tahoe and Truckee River basins — major sources of water for the Reno-Sparks area — declined by about 50% ...
Summit County6d
With two months until snow levels typically peak in Colorado, Summit County is defying the below-normal trend across the state
While a recent warm spell brought record-tying high temperatures to areas of the state this week, Summit County’s snowpack is ...