U.S. Department of the Interior

Biden's Interior Department released four proposals for managing the river in an apparent attempt to nudge the states toward agreement.

Grouse numbers plummeted in recent decades because of drilling, disease and other pressures.

Water managers across the West say they do not expect a new Trump administration will alter post-2026 Colorado River talks.

The U.S. government announced water cuts will preserve the status quo on the Colorado River. Meanwhile, states, tribes and others are negotiating how they will share river water after 2026, when guidelines governing the river expire.

The federal government is expected to announce water cuts soon that would affect some of the 40 million people reliant on the Colorado River.

The lawsuit follows a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision in February to reject conservationists’ requests to restore endangered species protections across the region.

The Biden administration is moving to let conservationists lease government land for restoration. It's part of an effort to make conservation an “equal” to other uses of public lands such as drilling and livestock grazing.

The Interior Department rule finalized Friday raises royalty rates for oil drilling by more than one-third, to 16.67%, in accordance with the sweeping 2022 climate law approved by Congress.

The Bureau of Land Management will tighten limits on gas flaring on federal lands and require energy companies to improve methods to detect methane leaks that add to greenhouse gas pollution.

Philbert Shorty's family searched in vain for him for more than two years — not knowing that he was dead and that federal authorities had a suspect. While the details of Shorty's case are more gruesome than most, it's a story that has unfolded countless times across Indian Country.

The plan from an Australian company, Anson Resources, has sparked concerns about the lithium project's potential water use, especially as the company seeks rights to water from a tributary of the Colorado River.

Hundreds of tribal leaders gathered in Washington this week for an annual summit where the Biden administration is celebrating nearly 200 new agreements to boost cooperation with the tribes.