This year’s predicted spring runoff into Lake Powell has decreased yet again as the impacts of a dry winter begin to show. Hydrologists at the Colorado Basin River Forecast Center said Wednesday that ...

The confluence of the Colorado River and Green River is pictured on Sept. 22, 2024. Gov. Spencer Cox says his office is working on a drought-related emergency declaration for parts of the state amid ...

PAGE, Ariz. — Lake Powell's lower water levels aren't the only concern this Fourth of July weekend. The concentration of cyanotoxins was found to be at the "high end of safe exposure levels" in the ...

Since Glen Canyon Dam's completion in the 1960s, Utahns have revered Lake Powell for a lot of reasons: It's a houseboating paradise, with many families planning multigenerational trips on the water ...

In May, hydrologists forecasted that spring runoff into Lake Powell would be the lowest in years. A month later, the projections have only gotten worse. The Colorado Basin River Forecast Center ...

Utah has launched a financial initiative to pay farmers not to grow crops as part of an effort to conserve water from the Colorado River and help stabilize Lake Powell, one of the West's most-vital ...

A controversial federal budget amendment would transfer about 10,000 acres of public land in Utah to a water district — reviving concerns in the Colorado River Basin about a pipeline from the ...