Colorado River between Palisade and the confluence of the Gunnison River that is critical habitat for endangered fish, known ...

Six Aspen Journalism reporters awarded in Top of the Rockies content, live water desk panel and a roundup of original stories.

About 160 residents attended the hearing, and the planning commission received a standing ovation after it revoked the permit ...

As of May 1, snowpack in the Roaring Fork basin is at 2.4 inches of snow water equivalent (SWE) or 19% of normal, down from 4.6 inches on April 2. Last year, snowpack held 7.1 inches of snow water ...

Local streams are flowing at 45-93% of normal in the Roaring Fork watershed as of April 30, while the Colorado River is running at 43% of average at Dotsero and 30% near the Colorado-Utah stateline.

Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part series chronicling the life and times of B. Clark Wheeler, one of the most influential figures in Aspen history. Read part two here and part three here ...

As an Aspen Journalism donor, thank you for making this reporting possible! Like a lot of his neighbors, John Sullivan looks down his Apple Tree Park street and across the Colorado River toward the ...

As an Aspen Journalism donor, thank you for making this reporting possible! DURANGO — Over two days of hearings, Colorado water managers laid out their arguments related to one of the most powerful ...

As an Aspen Journalism donor, thank you for making this reporting possible! Short-term-rental permit regulations implemented about six months ago in the city of Aspen and Pitkin County are limiting ...

About two thirds of the single-family homes built over the last five years in unincorporated Pitkin County have included at least one “exterior energy load,” such as a snowmelt system, pool, spa or ...

As an Aspen Journalism donor, thank you for making this reporting possible! The seven states that share the Colorado River are floating a new concept for how water could be shared in the future, ...

As an Aspen Journalism donor, thank you for making this reporting possible! Time is ticking for states that share the shrinking Colorado River to negotiate a new set of governing rules. One major ...