Lemon Reservoir

Emergency services found a local 16-year-old girl dead Friday about 4½ miles up a bumpy Forest Service road high above Lemon Reservoir, La Plata County Coroner Jann Smith said Saturday. It took...

Southwest Colorado’s snowpack is right on track with historic averages, a far cry from last year, but all that potential water may not make it into the region’s needy reservoirs. A number of...

It appears Southwest Colorado is slowly digging its way out of severe drought conditions. Every Thursday, the U.S. Drought Monitor releases a map that shows areas of drought throughout the country...

Even if El Niño materializes and brings a wet winter to the West, it likely will not be enough to bring the Four Corners out of an exceptional drought, weather forecasters said this week. It would...

A man experiencing medical complications, possibly high-altitude sickness, was rescued by helicopter Monday evening near Lemon Reservoir. The outfitter set up camp in the Young’s Canyon area, on...

Rock fall injured two women Saturday afternoon at the climbing area north of Lemon Reservoir, about 20 miles northeast of Durango. Tom Brueckner of La Plata County Search and Rescue said a rock...

A 36-year-old man was airlifted to Mercy Regional Medical Center on Saturday in critical condition after an ATV accident near Lemon Reservoir. According to Upper Pine River Fire Protection District...

Motorized boats will not be allowed on Lemon Reservoir for up to three years in an effort to protect against aquatic invasive species, which pose a risk to the city of Durango’s water supply and...

Long overdue work on Lemon Dam is set to finish by the end of April, according to a spokeswoman with the Bureau of Reclamation. Justyn Liff, public affairs specialist for the Bureau’s office in...

For the first time in well over a century, the city of Durango will rely exclusively on the Animas River for its water supply throughout the winter. “There’s always a first time for everything,”...

Crews will begin work Monday on the dam at Lemon Reservoir, and the work will affect water release flows and access to the reservoir 16 miles northeast of Durango. The Bureau of Reclamation ...