Water - The Durango Herald

Settlement deadline looms in Supreme Court case over Rio Grande water

Texas claims New Mexico shorted its share of the water by pumping groundwater

DATE: Aug 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: New Mexico

Groundhog dam repair benefits operations and lake recreation

Major upgrade will prevent future lake drainings; popular mountain lake serves dual purpose

DATE: Aug 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Project improves Shaw Reservoir water supply

Complex water exchange and purchase benefits lake levels, fish habitat and wetlands in San Luis Valley

DATE: Aug 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Photos: Wedding party floats down the Animas River

DATE: Aug 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bureau of Reclamation to receive $4 billion to combat drought in Colorado River Basin

Funding will incentivize water-reduction efforts

DATE: Aug 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Congress may continue to pay farmers to use less water as Colorado River pleas intensify

The bill is tied to an Upper Basin water plan in response to talk about significant Colorado River cuts.

DATE: Jul 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Business

Drought and irrigation will drain two reservoirs, killing fisheries and the local economy

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has issued emergency fish salvages at Queens and Jumbo reservoirs, which will run dry this summer

DATE: Jul 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Xeriscaping trend keeps growing in Durango

Water shortages make grass-reduced landscaping more appealing

DATE: Jul 23, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Torrential rain floods Bayfield homes, prompting demands for improved stormwater management

Town Board examining storm management plan

DATE: Jul 20, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Upper Basin states lay out plan to help the Colorado River, but say Lower Basin needs to chip in more

Letter: ‘Efforts to protect critical reservoir elevations must include significant actions focused downstream of Lake Powell’

DATE: Jul 19, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Southwest Colorado a playground for research scientists

Landscape diversity invites study of desert groundwater, alpine permafrost and prehistoric wildfires

DATE: Jul 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Water falls to extremely low levels at Lake Mead amid drought

Reservoir is now below 30% of capacity

DATE: Jul 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday