Colorado River

The Press and Pulse of Climate Change: Extreme Events in the Colorado River Basin

Exploration of Methods and Tools to Enhance Stakeholder Engagement in the Colorado River Basin

Evolving together: Transboundary Water Governance in the Colorado River Basin

Lesson Learning in the Colorado River Basin

Scenario Planning: Embracing the Potential for Extreme Events in the Colorado River Basin

Reimagining the Colorado River by Exploring Extreme Events

Colorado River Conversations Project: Scenario Planning Workshops Summary

Colorado River Conversations: Scenario Planning Workshop Series Final Report

Colorado River Conversations Conference Report

Colorado River: Building a Science Agenda Decision-Makers and Interested Parties Workshop Report

Colorado River: Building a Science Agenda Workshop Report

Colorado River Basin Climate and Hydrology: State of the Science

April 2020

Water Resource Modeling of the Colorado River: Present and Future Strategies

August 2019

Integrating Active Restoration with Environmental Flows to Improve Native Riparian Tree Establishment in the Colorado River Delta

September 2017

Thinking About Risk on the Colorado River

May 2019

Colorado River Basin Issue

January 2019

Leveraging Environmental Flows to Reform Water Management Policy: Lessons Learned from the 2014 Colorado River Delta Pulse Flow

September 2017

It Takes More Than Water: Restoring the Colorado River Delta

September 2017

Tracking Cultural Ecosystem Services: Water Chasing the Colorado River Restoration Pulse Flow

July 2016

Nature's Value in the Colorado River Basin

July 2014

Conservation Priorities in the Colorado River Delta: Mexico and the United States

2005

Colorado River Policy: Opportunities for Tangible Progress

Water & Tribes in the Colorado River Basin

February 2019

Tribal Vision for Protecting the Colorado River

We Must Save the Drought-Stricken Colorado River—Here's How

February 2023

Photo credit: Andy Chen on Pexels (cropped)

New Colorado River Drought Discovery Shows How Bad Things Can Get

June 2022

Photo credit: Wesley Tingey on Unsplash

Colorado River States Balk at Adjusting Water Shares to Deal with Crisis

November 2021

Photo credit: Joshua Sukoff on Unsplash

Fueled by Climate Change, Costly Southwest Drought Isn’t Going Away

September 2021

Photo credit: Ricardo Frantz on Unsplash

In a First, U.S. Declares Shortage on Colorado River, Forcing Water Cuts

August 2021

Photo credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

In Rapidly Warming Colorado River Basin, the Negotiating Table is Being Set

March 2021

Photo credit: Luke Runyon/KUNC

Video: The Water Game

2020

Phoenix: Sustaining the Oasis

2020

The Hardest Working River in the West: A StoryMap Exploring the Colorado River Through Data

June 2020

The Western U.S. is Locked in the Grips of the First Human-Caused Megadrought, Study Finds

April 2020

‘Eye-Popping’ Study: Colorado River Down 2 Billion Tons of Water Due to Climate Change

February 2020

New Study Projects Severe Water Shortages in the Colorado River Basin

February 2020

It's One of Arizona's Most Precious Rivers. Hundreds of New Wells May Leave It Running Dry.

December 2019

A Gen-Z Perspective on the Climate Crisis

November 2019

A Rancher-Led Group is Boosting the Health of the Colorado River Near Its Headwaters

August 2019

First-ever Mandatory Water Cutbacks Will Kick in Next Year Along the Colorado River

August 2019

West Wrestles with Colorado River “Grand Bargain” as Changing Climate Depletes Water Governed by 1922 Compact

August 2019

Climate Change is Transforming Western Forests And That Could Have Big Consequences Far Beyond Wildfires

July 2019

2022

Photo credit: "Perfect Reflection" by Adriana Greisman, Death Valley, 2017; WRRC Photo Contest 2020

2021

Photo credit: "Unusual Friends" by Lori Williams, Salt River, 2020; WRRC Photo Contest 2020