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

With snowpack levels hovering around 84% of normal, projections for Lake Mead released on Friday show the reservoir dropping ...

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

Lake Mead is named for the man who oversaw the construction of the Hoover Dam and was a trailblazing pioneer of water ...

Water managers aren’t in for the exceptional year they had hoped for, with snowpack across the West underperforming in the ...

After years of studying and experimenting with pilot programs, the future of Colorado River management will almost certainly ...

Scientists studying the volcanic landscape of the Cascade Range found that an aquifer has nearly three times as much water as ...

After years of studying and experimenting with pilot programs, the future of Colorado River management will almost certainly ...

Lake Mead and Lake Powell could be ... U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Water and Climate Center, the snowpack in Upper Colorado River Basin—the primary source of flows into Mead ...

A dry January across Colorado and the rest of the Rocky Mountain West has created a dichotomy of water haves and have-nots.

Nevada’s water supply outlook is in trouble after snowpack in the state fell below normal for this time of year, following ...

Upper Basin officials have submitted refinements to their March 2024 plan for how water should be released from Lake Powell and Lake Mead, and how shortages should be shared after the current ...