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COURTHOUSE NEWS: Colorado River stakeholders tackle climate change, water rights at annual conference

December 5, 2024

Members of the Colorado River Water Users Association met for their annual conference in Las Vegas Wednesday. By Jacob Walters,...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Arizona farmers oppose water regulations as land sinks beneath them

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River Groundwater News

November 23, 2024

Wine growers fear that an active water management area will stifle their economic growth without addressing the root causes of...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Despite Biden Administration proposals to address Colorado River shortages, a solution is far off

Inside Climate News

Colorado River

November 22, 2024

Colorado River users are in tense negotiations over the critical waterway’s future as climate-driven drought and overuse continue to diminish its flows. The federal proposal may not help much. By Wyatt Myskow, Inside Climate News The Biden administration on Wednesday...

NEVADA CURRENT: Feds release long-term Colorado River management options, including water cutbacks

Nevada Current

Colorado River

November 21, 2024

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Amid stalled negotiations over how to manage the troubled Colorado River in the coming decades,...

PRESS RELEASE: Biden-Harris Administration Puts Colorado River on Path to Success

Bureau of Reclamation News

Colorado River

November 21, 2024

Investments from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda have staved off crisis in the Colorado River Basin. Alternatives released today...

METROPOLITAN COMMITTEE: Colorado River Basin states grapple with post-2026 guidelines amidst challenging negotiations and potential water conflicts

Maven

Colorado River

November 20, 2024

The Bureau of Reclamation is currently developing the post-2026 operational guidelines for managing the Colorado River system reservoirs. The guidelines will have a significant impact on releases from Lake Powell, water uses and shortages in the Lower Basin, and storage...

CORNELL CHRONICLE: Colorado River basins could face tipping point, drought study warns

Cornell University

Colorado River

November 14, 2024

By Syl Kacapyr, Cornell Engineering Water from Colorado’s West Slope basins plays a vital role in supporting the economy and...

ASPEN JOURNALISM: Feds rule that next round of drought relief funding won’t cover tribes’ unused water

Aspen Journalism

Colorado River

October 4, 2024

Tribal and state officials say Reclamation walked back support for forbearance payments By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism Tribes in the...

PRESS RELEASE: IID’s Colorado River Agreement to Raise Lake Mead by 10+ Feet

Maven

Colorado River

September 27, 2024

IID inked a landmark conservation agreement on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024, with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to conserve up to 700,000 acre-feet of water for the Colorado River and build 10-12 feet of elevation at Lake Mead — the...

USBR: Fish release tries to tip the scales in favor of endangered species

Bureau of Reclamation News

Colorado River

September 13, 2024

By the Bureau of Reclamation Late this spring, more than 2,400 endangered fish made a 700-mile journey that ended in...

ASU: Climate change raises challenge to secure vital resource

Arizona State University

Colorado River

September 12, 2024

ASU researchers aiding efforts to keep Colorado River Basin water flowing in US Southwest and beyond By Joe Kullman, Arizona...

AG ALERT: Imperial Valley goes dry as farmers act to protect river

Ag Alert

Agriculture Colorado River

August 28, 2024

By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Irrigators cut off water to a huge portion of the Imperial Valley’s half-million acres of farmland earlier this month after the federal government approved a long-awaited program designed to bolster water levels on the Colorado...

USBR: Innovative effort to restore native Apache trout gets a boost

Bureau of Reclamation News

Colorado River

August 20, 2024

From the Bureau of Reclamation: On the surface, stocking more of the invasive fish you are trying to remove might...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Springtime rain crucial for getting wintertime snowmelt to the Colorado River, study finds

Inside Climate News

Colorado River

August 17, 2024

Researchers from the University of Washington found that, in the absence of typical spring precipitation, plants along tributaries to the...

STATELINE: Despite recent water supply improvement, more cuts expected for Colorado River, feds say

Stateline

Colorado River

August 16, 2024

By Jennifer Solis, Stateline After Lake Mead hit an all-time low two years ago, the Colorado River’s water supply is in a much better position this summer, but it hasn’t improved enough to prevent further cuts this year. While conservation...