While it may have received the most attention over the last few years, due to the 40 million people it serves, the Colorado River isn't the only major river threatened in our state.

The Rio Grande is one of the longest rivers in North America, running some 1,900 miles from the Colorado Rockies southeast to the Gulf of Mexico. It provides fresh water for seven U.S. and Mexican ...

The Rio Grande is two rivers. In the United States, it headwaters in Colorado, around Creede, Colorado is where it rises and the river flows through southern Colorado drains New Mexico that reach ...

Colorado is part of nine river compacts including ones that cover the Arkansas and the Rio Grande. Colorado is a headwaters state, which means that some major rivers start here and flow out over ...

This is a story of three Rio Grande basin locals, Adeline, Daniel, and Michael, whose lives are deeply connected to the Rio ...

Take me to the river. The Rio Grande begins in the San Juan mountains of Colorado’s southern Rockies and curls its way down to New Mexico, where it tumbles south some 400 miles before hanging a ...

The mighty and fabled Rio Grande dwindles to barely a trickle in the winter west of Creede, exposing nearly a mile of rocky riverbed to dry under the weak sun. This section of the river near its ...

Promises that the Rio Grande Reservoir's upgraded dam near Creede would improve recreation and the environment in Colorado haven't materialized, locals say. There is hope for a grant application.

The dispute centers on a stretch of the Rio Grande River between Elephant Butte Dam and Hudspeth County, TX, a fertile region that provides a significant percentage of New Mexico’s agricultural ...

The conflict stems from an 80-year-old treaty where the countries agreed to share water from the Colorado River and the Rio Grande. However, because water is in more demand but scarcer than ever ...

New Mexico AG says states must work together to protect the Rio Grande river amid 'erratic' climate events Associated Press Published October 26, 2022 12:33pm EDT ...

Farmers as far north as Colorado rely on water from the Rio Grande for irrigation. These five-year periods, called cycles, are numbered. Cycles 25 (1992-1997) and 26 (1997-2002) were the first ...