Driving the news: The hardest hit in Arizona so far are Lake Mead National Recreation Area (13 workers, a 7% staff reduction), Glen Canyon National Recreation Area (12, 9%), Grand Canyon National Park ...

An $86.7 million purification plant could see 56,000 acre-feet of Colorado River water left behind Lake Mead over the next decade.

Meteorologists look to April 1 as the date when snowpack peaks and begins to melt, leaving little time this year to make up the difference. The Bureau of Reclamation, the federal agency that manages ...

Just three years ago, persistent drought and overuse were rapidly tanking Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir. The federal Bureau of Reclamation had issued an ultimatum to Arizona ...

— Jennifer Neuwerth, acting director of the Colorado River Water Conservation Board of California, told a board meeting last ...

The Biden administration pumped millions into conservation contracts to keep water in Lake Mead. The Trump administration reportedly froze them.

Lake Mead, which straddles the border between Arizona and Nevada. And while these lakes are known for boating, fishing and other outdoor activities, they also have another purpose: They help ...

The Gila River Indian Community negotiated the release of $105 million for conservation initiatives along the Colorado River.

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) — Two years ago, headlines blared warnings of a Colorado River in crisis, with Lake Mead’s plummeting water levels threatening the water and power supply for 40 million ...