The Yampa River in Steamboat Springs, August, 2018. The Yampa River in northwestern Colorado has closed again. Ongoing drought has drastically reduced water levels. Colorado Park and Wildlife ...

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — A 22-year-old man who jumped into the frigid Yampa River to escape Steamboat Springs police officers around midnight Sunday was found dead downriver Monday afternoon following an ...

The Yampa river is a "wild" river, with only two small reservoirs near its headwaters that do not contain its spring runoff. That makes it one of the few naturally flowing rivers left in the western ...

CRAIG — The second-ever call on the Yampa River was lifted Thursday morning after a trio of water providers announced the release of up to 1,500 acre-feet of water from Elkhead Reservoir to support ...

Shell Oil, seeking to buttress its oil-shale plans, has filed for the first major water right on northwest Colorado’s Yampa River — the last river basin in the state with unappropriated water. Shell’s ...

What was once a horse pasture is now a 6-acre botanic garden filled with native plants, ponds, berms and more than 50 gardens, including a kids garden that features a playhouse and an amphitheater for ...

The Yampa River flows through western Colorado and, unlike some other western rivers, still runs free. A tributary of the Green River, the Yampa is part of a complex network of waterways whose ...

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS – To protect the health of the Yampa River ecosystem, the city of Steamboat Springs and Colorado Parks and Wildlife have implemented a closure of the river from Steamboat to the ...

The state has closed a heavily fished stretch of the Yampa River south of Steamboat Springs in an emergency move to protect the river’s health and fish from low streamflows. The mandatory closure, ...

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The Yampa River is finally expected to officially open for tubing this year. The river has been closed to tubing enthusiasts this summer because of high waters due to ...

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) - It's a well known summertime tradition, but starting Wednesday -- the first day of summer -- the Yampa River through Steamboat Springs is closed to tubing and rafting ...