It’s amazing that the local community, Basalt, Carbondale and Aspen [and more], came together like this and contributed this ...

As part of the River District’s deal to buy the water rights, the CWCB — which is the only entity in the state allowed to ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff told members of the Colorado Basin Roundtable they believe this private lake is an upstream ...

Eleanor Bennett is an award-winning journalist reporting on regional social justice issues in collaboration with Aspen Public Radio and Aspen Journalism. Her stories are published in English and ...

Heather Sackett is the managing editor at Aspen Journalism and the editor and reporter on the Water Desk. She has also reported for The Denver Post and the Telluride Daily Planet. Heather has a master ...

A judge has sided with the Colorado River District in a dispute with Denver Water over Ritschard Dam in Grand County.

After nearly a year’s worth of meetings, a work group has not reached a consensus about what Colorado should do to prevent investors from profiting off of speculating on the state’s water. A report ...

A turf replacement bill would require the state water board to develop a statewide program to provide financial incentives for the voluntary replacement of irrigated turf with water-wise, ...

Last week, board members of the Glenwood Springs-based Colorado River Water Conservation District unanimously approved criteria that the organization will use to evaluate applications for the System ...

A site map of the Lift One corridor project from 2020 shows where historic buildings and new lodging developments will fit along South Aspen Street, as illustrated by Design Workshop and posted on the ...

The source of water — and whether there’s enough to go around — is at the heart of concerns about Nutrient Farm's agritourism development for some local residents and Garfield County officials.

The process seems to have been taken over by agricultural interests, watering down what was supposed to have been a tool specifically for the benefit of non-consumptive water uses.