The Rundown And lastly, NOAA’s early-season forecast is a moderate harmful algal bloom in Lake Erie. “It pays to consider the low probability, the darker, the more pessimistic scenarios we might face.

In 1869, explorer John Wesley Powell led the first expedition down the Colorado River into the Grand Canyon. Coming upon a region he described as having “wonderful features — carved walls, royal ...

An environmental organization is floating a concept that could help the Colorado River system during extremely dry years like ...

I took a weeklong trip to Phoenix. During my first visit, I was surprised by the weather, sunsets, and scenic drives.

Lake Powell is only 23 percent full. Without sustained action, water providers could face increasingly difficult decisions.

Fishing requires a body of water or waterway, which in Utah is in short supply after a record-low snowpack. And it's among ...

The White House has told Western states it's working on a 10-year plan for the overtapped Colorado River that will allow for ...

The time-lapse shows years of falling water levels as federal forecasts warn the reservoir could see record-low inflows this ...

From the Rockies to the Cascades to the Sierra Nevada, mountainsides across the West are sparsely covered by the snow that usually blankets the high country well into the summer.

After 30 years of drought, hydrologists say the Hoover Dam will lose 80% of hydropower production by spring 2027.