It’s moving day for fish and turtles currently living in Mesquite’s Palos Verdes Lake. The process of moving the wildlife from the lake to new homes to allow for flood control improvements ...

The lake was formed in the late 1930s by the construction of Bartlett Dam — the first one built on the Verde River — and it's been attracting Arizona adventurers ever since.

One idea includes making the Bartlett Dam about 100 feet taller to store more water from the Verde River. SRP is now part of a four-year federal study to see if it can physically be built and ...

Under the current proposal modified Bartlett Lake would extend back nearly all the way to Horseshoe Lake. "That proposal would raise Bartlett dam by 97 feet.

The road to Bartlett Lake is just the opposite. Just before Cave Creek Road ends, Bartlett Dam Road cuts through the desert to the east, winding its way 14 miles down to a ...

A second fire caused by Sunday's storms, the Bartlett Fire, caused the evacuation of all Bartlett Lake recreation sites, as well as the closure of Bartlett Dam Road. The Bartlett Fire, located on ...

Tonto National Forest officials on Sunday posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the fire caused Bartlett Dam Road to be closed at Forest Road 205 as recreational areas near Bartlett Lake ...