What goes up must come down — perhaps even for things as massive as Lake Powell. That’s the topic of the Glen Canyon Institute’s March 15 event, “Glen Canyon Rises.” Featuring artists, musicians and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In 1998, when I was in fourth grade, I joined a class field trip to Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. But when we got to Cortez, the road was barricaded.

A new book about water management on the Colorado River offers treasures for at least four semi-distinct groups of readers: avid outdoor adventurers (particularly dusty river runner types); students ...

The Bureau of Reclamation has proposed a new water plan to stop invasive fish in the Colorado River from wreaking havoc—but a conservation group has warned that it isn't enough. The humpback chub, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When the San Juan River flows out of the San Juan Mountains in Southwestern Colorado, it contributes 15% of Lake Powell’s water. But there’s a problem: The ...

T he river churns a muddy brown as it carries us through towering vermilion rock walls toward the roar of Gypsum Canyon Rapid. The sound of water breaking over boulders grows louder as we approach, ...