An angler fly-fishes on the Animas River in Durango in September 2021. Water samples from the Animas River showed a 90% decrease in phosphorous, 58% decrease in nitrogen and 67% decrease in E ...

Better than others Despite all this, the Animas is doing better than some of the other rivers in southwest Colorado, White said in part because it’s not dammed, and it is not the primary water ...

The Animas River was the highest it’s been all year on Saturday, just in time for the 2025 Animas River Days, an annual event where river sports enthusiasts hit the Animas River for kayaking, ...

The way Churchwell tells it, water quality and numbers of fish had been declining in the Upper Animas River since the early 2000s. That’s when the last mining operation ended and closed its ...

The Animas River courses through the middle of Durango, provides a portion of its drinking and irrigation water, and over the last few decades has become the recreational and aesthetic ...

The EPA on Monday expanded its response to the Animas River mining disaster, delivering bottled water in Colorado, New Mexico and Navajo Country and testing for contaminants as far as Lake Powell.

collapsed releasing millions of gallons of sediment-laden water that found its way into the Animas River, neither federal nor state officials in Colorado notified New Mexico of the incident.

DURANGO, Colo. -- Sampling results from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency show high levels of toxic heavy metals in the Animas River water following last week's spill at a Colorado mine.

DURANGO, Colo. (CBS4) --Wildlife officials are asking anglers to fish early in the day in the Animas River. Water levels are already low in the region due to drought. The Animas measured 300 cubic ...

In the immediate aftermath of the Gold King Mine spill, one water sample showed that the level of lead in the Animas River was 12,000 times higher than normal. The river was also contaminated with ...

For almost four decades, the Animas-La Plata water project has been a subject of congressionally funded studies, public debate, presidential cancellation, congressional debate, congressional action, ...

LAS ANIMAS - When Lawrence Sena became mayor of Las Animas three years ago, he admits he didn’t know much about water. The retired educator knew enough, however, to recognize that without it ...