The Water Information Program

Almost 32 years ago, the Teton Dam in southeastern Idaho failed against the force of a 17-mile long, 270-foot deep reservoir. Eight months of

Around the same time the American West started heating up five years ago, Colorado started losing its lodgepole pine forests to a beetle infestation.

For decades, ranchers and farmers across the West have tapped into rivers and streams on or near Indian reservations.

A nitrogen compound associated with fertilizer and other agricultural activity is finding its way into national parks in the Rocky Mountain region.

Unhealthy levels of mercury have been found in Silver Creek, one of the tributaries to the Big Wood River (ID).

A cattle rancher who federal environmental regulators accused of polluting the Snake River with gallons of manure-laced water has agreed to pay $40,000 to settle the case.

The head of Idaho's water department says he will turn off groundwater pumps used by more than 700 Magic Valley farmers later this month if they fail to set aside additional water sought by two senior

The Northwest Power and Conservation Council was urged by the Coalition for Idaho Water to reject a desperate plea by environmental groups for the Council to support more studies and divisive legislat