But the century-old compact between Colorado Basin states allocated more water than that—more than the river carries—leading in part to its overuse and decline.

The cost of the Amite River Basin Commission master plan could top $3.8 billion.

The Amite River Basin Commission recently outlined 13 major projects in its first master plan. Of the costs estimated, the plan could reach more than $3.8 billion. Bayou Manchac improvements: Cost ...

As the Colorado River’s reservoirs have declined, even larger amounts of groundwater have been drained from aquifers. Using satellite data, scientists have estimated the vast water losses.

Guest column: The 2016 flood showed the renewed activity in the Amite River basin. Now, the new commission appointed to address concerns is acting, argues commission President John Clark.

IMPERIAL There is water in all the wrong places in this corner of West Texas. The Pecos River runs dry through this small town mired in severe drought. But Lake Boehmer, a pool of toxic water ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The feds are proposing protections for a tiny desert-dwelling fish native to the Pecos River basin of New Mexico. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced plans to … ...

The Pecos pupfish, a species found in the Pecos River basin in West Texas and New Mexico, could get federal protections from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The Pecos Watershed Conservation Initiative (PWCI), an initiative that works to support conservation projects for the Pecos River, shared how and what it's doing to protect the 926-mile river.

These days the Pecos River barely fills its dry, sandy bed where it crosses West Texas, but the river could be poised to flow again — with treated oil field wastewater. Companies are racing to ...