The man who oversaw the construction of what many consider North America’s most impressive feat of civil engineering is considered a trailblazing pioneer of water management. From 1924 to 1936, Elwood ...

Learn more about the snow drought impacting the western U.S. and what that means for vital water sources.

Las Vegas has now gone 212 days without rain, and all of Clark County is under either extreme or exceptional drought, but water levels at Lake Mead keep rising. Newsweek reached out to the National ...

The 1.5 million acre Lake Mead National Recreation Area covers “mountains, canyons, valleys and two vast lakes,” the National ...

Latest estimates place the Upper Colorado River Basin snowpack at just 83 percent of the historic median for this time of year.

But the terrain here is something entirely different. At the summit, you'll be rewarded with sweeping views of Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, and, depending on the season, snow-capped mountains on the ...

As Lake Mead’s water level continues to fall amid ... another 160 feet to its “dead pool,” the point at which Hoover Dam would be unable to release water downstream. John Fleck, a water ...

Ever wonder what the deepest lake in Arizona is? Here's what you want to know about the top spot for swimming, boating and ...

Established in 1865 as a Mormon settlement near what is now Overton at the behest of Brigham Young, St. Thomas fell victim to the Boulder (now Hoover) Dam and its formation of Lake Mead.

the Hoover Dam spans the Colorado River and the Black Canyon (which separates Nevada and Arizona). The immense concrete structure – which confines Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United ...