Colorado River Archives

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: As Colorado River nears collapse, it faces leadership, transparency ‘crisis,’ environmentalists warn

October 7, 2025

A new report from a coalition of environmental organizations offers recommendations on how to address the declining water supply in...

NEVADA CURRENT: Paying farmers proves most cost effective way to conserve Colorado River, study says

Nevada Current

Colorado River

October 6, 2025

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current The most cost-effective and quickest way to conserve the Colorado River’s shrinking water supply amid...

WATER DESK: Human emissions are helping fuel the Southwest’s epic drought

The Water Desk

Colorado River

October 6, 2025

Three studies of the Pacific Ocean conclude that lower precipitation isn’t just due to natural causes By Mitch Tobin, Water Desk The American Southwest has been gripped by an epic drought that has lasted decades and strained the fast-growing region’s...

ASPEN JOURNALISM: Report takes aim at Colorado River water managers’ inaction

Aspen Journalism

Colorado River

October 3, 2025

Recommendations call for no new dams or diversions By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism In a new report, a group of...

METROPOLITAN: Adapting to a Changing Colorado River: Lessons from the past, plans for the future

Maven

Colorado River

October 1, 2025

The Colorado River Basin states continue to meet in an effort to reach an agreement by the November deadline set...

NEVADA CURRENT: ‘Getting down to the wire,’ conservation groups try to pump up Colorado River negotiations

Nevada Current

Colorado River

October 1, 2025

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current More than three decades ago, water managers in Southern Nevada launched a plan to pipe groundwater from hundreds of miles away to augment Lake Mead’s water supply. The plan fell through and the region moved...

UC RIVERSIDE: Farm conservation is an economical path to save Colorado River water

UC Riverside

Colorado River

September 30, 2025

UCR experts examined the costs of hundreds of Colorado River water projects over 20 years By David Danelski, UC Riverside...

AG ALERT: Negotiations stall as Colorado River crisis looms again

Ag Alert

Colorado River

September 24, 2025

By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert Time is running out for the seven states in the Colorado River Basin, as well...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: ‘No One Comes Out of This Unscathed’: Experts Warn That Colorado River Use Needs Cutting Immediately

Inside Climate News

Colorado River

September 16, 2025

A new report finds that Lakes Mead and Powell, the nation’s largest reservoirs, could store just 9 percent of their combined capacity by the end of next summer. By Wyatt Myskow, Inside Climate News This article originally appeared on Inside...

MET IMPORTED WATER SUBCOMM: A new lens on the Colorado River: Why future projections will look bleaker

Maven

Colorado River Notebook News and Features

September 3, 2025

The Bureau of Reclamation is currently preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to establish new operational guidelines for Lake Powell...

NEVADA CURRENT: As November deadline nears, Colorado River states ‘nowhere close to an agreement’

Nevada Current

Colorado River

August 29, 2025

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Amid tense negotiations over the Colorado River’s future, Nevada leaders came together Thursday to focus...

COLORADO NEWSLINE: The government takes a dim view of the Colorado River’s future. Is it too optimistic?

Guest Contributor

Colorado River

August 26, 2025

‘Immediate action’ needed as states try to reach agreement about natural flow formula by Allen Best, Colorado Newsline A version of this story originally appeared at Big Pivots. The words “urgency” and “immediate action” were used by Trump administration officials...

NEVADA CURRENT: Southwest in a ‘mega-drying’ zone due to groundwater loss, study finds

Nevada Current

Colorado River

August 19, 2025

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Nevada, the driest state in the union, is only getting drier as the region’s supply...

UC BOULDER: Human emissions drove the megadrought in the western US

University of Colorado at Boulder

Colorado River

August 19, 2025

By Yvaine Ye, University of Colorado at Boulder Greenhouse gas and aerosol emissions from human activity have been driving the...

CAL MATTERS: ‘Beyond awful’ Colorado River forecasts put water talks under pressure

Cal Matters

Colorado River

August 16, 2025

By Rachel Becker, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. After one of the Colorado River’s driest years in decades, Lake Mead and Lake Powell — the largest reservoirs in the country — could...