If you want to cast a line for fish with scenic canyon views all around, you can head to this recreation area in Wyoming, ...

In this photo looking north-northwest, Fontenelle can be see flowing into an extremely low Fontenelle Reservoir in Lincoln County. (Courtesy Elizabeth Buschelman) As thirsty downstream states along ...

A desperate operation to save one of the Colorado River basin's most important reservoirs is underway. Again. Widespread drought and fears of a power crisis are forcing the Interior Department to ...

Federal water managers are preparing to drain a massive Wyoming reservoir to keep Lake Powell from falling so low that Glen Canyon Dam can no longer produce electricity, a move that would ripple ...

The Green River flows beneath the Flaming Gorge Dam in Utah. Upper basin states reluctantly agreed to the Interior Department's plan to send water from the reservoir down to Lake Powell to help prop ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — Canyons in eastern Utah will churn this spring with huge volumes of water — as much as 50,000 toilets flushing constantly at the same time — in a desperate attempt to ...

Last week, the federal government ordered emergency measures to prevent water levels at Lake Powell from falling so low that Glen Canyon Dam, which created the reservoir, could no longer generate ...

Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona impounds Lake Powell, where declining water levels are approaching the 3,490-ft minimum power pool that constrains hydropower generation.

Desert canyons in eastern Utah will be churning this spring with huge volumes of water in a desperate attempt to keep a reservoir on the Colorado River generating electricity. FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) ...

Stands of Cottonwood tress line the banks of the Gunnison River a few miles above where the river flows into Blue Mesa Reservoir on March 3, 2026. (Dean Krakel, Special to The Colorado Sun) Four ...

Federal officials formally announced Friday they will draw an extra 660,000 to 1 million acre-feet of water from Flaming Gorge Reservoir on the Wyoming-Utah border over the next 12 months to prevent ...

Upper Colorado River Basin states have approved a plan that could save Lake Powell from draining below critical water levels this summer. A plan from the federal Bureau of Reclamation would flush ...