snowpack

Colorado River Faces ‘Devastating Consequences’ If Another Dry Winter Lands, Experts Warn

Even a huge snowpack during the coming winter would only give the river basin states less than two years of storage before reservoirs returned to historic lows.

By Jake Bolster

New Paper Shows Surges of Concentrated Precipitation Can Lead to Dryer Landscapes

By Jake Bolster

As a Colorado Aquifer Runs Low, Dangerous Heavy Metals Threaten Rural Communities’ Drinking Water

By Emily Payne

New Mexico’s Time-Honored Irrigation Canals Face Existential Threat

By Tina Deines

Summer in March? Unusual Heat Wave Descends on Already Parched Western U.S.

By Kiley Price

Colorado River Negotiators Are Nearly Out of Time and Snowpack

By Jake Bolster, Wyatt Myskow

In Burned Forests, the West’s Snowpack Is Melting Earlier

By Mitch Tobin, The Water Desk

A Dry Winter on the Colorado River Has Big Reservoirs on Track for Trouble

By Alex Hager, KUNC

A Rare Dose of Hope for the Colorado River as New Study Says Future May Be Wetter

By Alex Hager, KUNC

Warm Winter Threatens Recreation Revenue in the Upper Midwest

By Kristoffer Tigue

California Snowpack May Hold Record Amount of Water, With Significant Flooding Possible

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

Western Forests, Snowpack and Wildfires Appear Trapped in a Vicious Climate Cycle

By Bob Berwyn

In the West, Signs in the Snow Warn That a 20-Year Drought Will Persist and Intensify

By Bob Berwyn, Judy Fahys