The Colorado River District’s acquisition of the Shoshone water rights cleared a critical hurdle on Wednesday night as it entered into an instream flow agreement with the Colorado Water Conservation ...

A state water court has upheld a controversial new in-stream flow right established by the Colorado Water Conservation Board for the Dolores River. In 2015, the state water board appropriated an ...

A view of Big Sewickley Creek downstream from PennEnergy’s proposed water withdrawal site shows erosion control (center) and a portion of the project workspace and parking area (gravel and log on ...

The amount of water in U.S. streams and rivers has been significantly altered in nearly 90 percent of waterways that were assessed in a new nationwide United States Geological Survey study. Such flow ...

Flow rates and time of year must be taken into account to better understand the potential risks posed by emerging organic contaminants in rivers and streams, according to researchers who studied ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — A study by David Ketchum, a University of Montana Ph.D. graduate, revealed 35-years of climate change impact on irrigation and water flows. The study, published in Nature ...

CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is seeking instream flow water rights for segments of Dry Medicine Lodge Creek and North and South Beaver creeks in Bighorn County. All segments are ...

Fisheries scientist Tom Pham releases tagged juvenile salmon into the Sacramento River. (Photo by Jeremy Notch) Juvenile salmon migrating to the sea in the Sacramento River face a gauntlet of hazards ...

Like children, every water year is different, but 2018 is now hanging out with some of the most notorious low-flow years in history. This year started with a thin snowpack that ran off early and now ...