Sources see this abundance as a benefit to the consumer, to the community and to humanity at large. Yet, they also recognize ...

It’s amazing that the local community, Basalt, Carbondale and Aspen [and more], came together like this and contributed this ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff told members of the Colorado Basin Roundtable they believe this private lake is an upstream ...

As part of the River District’s deal to buy the water rights, the CWCB — which is the only entity in the state allowed to ...

Eleanor Bennett is an award-winning journalist reporting on regional social justice issues in collaboration with Aspen Public Radio and Aspen Journalism. Her stories are published in English and ...

Heather Sackett is the managing editor at Aspen Journalism and the editor and reporter on the Water Desk. She has also reported for The Denver Post and the Telluride Daily Planet. Heather has a master ...

A judge has sided with the Colorado River District in a dispute with Denver Water over Ritschard Dam in Grand County.

Representatives from two lower basin states on the Colorado River have said they would finally address something that the upper basin states, including Colorado, have long pressed them to do: Fix the ...

Time is ticking for states that share the shrinking Colorado River to negotiate a new set of governing rules. One major sticking point, which has the potential to thrust the parties into a protracted ...

A report released this week by the Environmental Protection Agency shows that Lincoln Creek in the four miles between the Ruby Mine and Grizzly Reservoir exceeds state water quality standards for ...

In November, the Colorado River Water Conservation District filed an application with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for $40 million to help buy the water rights associated with the Shoshone ...