Tracking every move of the Colorado River’s biggest reservoirs has become a routine for water managers across the West. As runoff season comes to a close, the latest hopeful sign comes from Lake ...

Lake Mead and Lake Powell, the nation's two largest reservoirs, are following patterns very similar to 2021, the year the ...

Water officials have raised concerns about the water levels in Lake Mead and Lake Powell, following a disappointing winter snowpack that threatens to stall progress made during last year's wetter-than ...

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 ...

The collapse of a popular arch formation on Lake Powell may well have been due to the 190-million-year-old sandstone being submerged by the 61-year-old manmade lake, two experts say. Another factor ...

As hot summer temperatures melt snow off of Western mountains, Lake Powell is rising. The second-largest reservoir in the U.S. hit its lowest point for the year in mid-April. Since then, Lake Powell’s ...

Lake Powell, an iconic centerpiece of the Colorado River Basin and the second-largest reservoir in the United States, is facing an escalating crisis as decades of sediment buildup threaten its future.

A Colorado man is attempting to become the first person to swim the length of Lake Powell. Shane Schieffer set out on the water at 8:38 a.m. Tuesday morning, according to his Instagram account.