More than 6 million people went to Lake Mead National Recreation Area last year, making it the 10th-most visited site in the ...

Forecasts keep going from bad to worse for water in the West, and a new report released Friday brought more bad news for the ...

Lake Mead is not just shrinking it is pulling back far enough to expose things hidden for decades. As the water drops, the ...

The largest reservoir in the U.S. is drying up, shrinking water supplies in the West. So what happens when a giant man-made lake gets so dramatically unmade?

A warm, dry winter has left the Colorado River Basin with the prospect for one of the lowest runoff seasons in a quarter ...

Summer is coming up fast, but low water levels at one of the biggest vacation spots in the American Southwest could spell problems for tourists. The 161,000-acre Lake Powell is a man-made lake on the ...

The Colorado River currently supports 40 million people and $1.4 trillion in annual economic activity in seven U.S. states and Mexico — but it was never intended to be stretched so thin. A century-old ...

Lake Powell is entering one of the most difficult periods in its six-decade history. Reclamation says it has the tools to maintain hydropower production at Glen Canyon this year. One of the tools ...

Lake Mead water levels could see a welcome boost in the months ahead as emerging El Niño conditions strengthen in the Pacific, a shift forecasters say may steer more storms toward the drought‑strained ...

An environmental advocate has warned of profound risks to the Colorado River system after the seven basin states missed a February deadline to reach a conservation agreement. The Colorado River ...

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — Residents in a Hillsborough County neighborhood are trying to save a lake that’s not only home to wildlife, but also a huge driver for property values in the area. Shadow ...

Editor's note: Este artículo está traducido al español. A popular but eroding Lake Mead-area hiking trail will undergo improvements to keep the path safe and accessible. The National Park Service, ...