Colorado River Archives

December 17, 2025

State leaders seek durable post-2026 plan and make significant contributions From the Colorado River Board of California: California’s water, tribal,...

NEVADA CURRENT: California, the biggest water user in the basin, pitches Colorado River framework

Nevada Current

Colorado River

December 17, 2025

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current California’s biggest water districts presented their own framework Tuesday for how to share the Colorado...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Water is for fighting: Colorado River group describes history of water disputes, looks for solutions

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

December 17, 2025

The Colorado River Water Users Association is holding its annual three-day conference this week in Las Vegas. By Alan Riquelmy, Courthouse News Service Water is like a set of assets in a bankruptcy hearing. In both scenarios — water and...

VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: Mexicali farmers threaten to use their Colorado River water, putting Tijuana’s supply in jeopardy

Voice of San Diego

Colorado River

December 17, 2025

Cities in northern Baja California depend on Mexicali farmers’ rights to use Colorado River water. The Mexican government just wrested...

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: Colorado River Insights, 2025: Dancing with Deadpool

University of Colorado at Boulder

Colorado River

December 12, 2025

From the University of Colorado at Boulder: In a collection of essays and research summaries, eleven members of the Colorado...

NASA satellite data show decrease in Colorado River Basin aquifers

NASA/JPL

Colorado River

December 5, 2025

Researchers used data from the GRACE/GRACE-FO platform to estimate that the region has lost a combined 34 cubic kilometers of groundwater since 2002. By James Acker, NASA The Colorado River is one of the most famous rivers in the United...

DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: New study offers a glimpse into 230,000 years of climate and landscape shifts in the Southwest

Desert Research Institute

Colorado River

December 3, 2025

A sediment core from Arizona’s Stoneman Lake provides an archive of dust emissions and pollen records in the region that...

COLORADO NEWSLINE: Major water right approval could protect ample Colorado River flows

Guest Contributor

Colorado River

November 21, 2025

By Chase Woodruff, Colorado Newsline State leaders are applauding another major step finalized Wednesday toward permanently protecting upper Colorado River...

CENTER SQUARE: Arizona leaders urge feds to defend state water rights

The Center Square

Colorado River

November 18, 2025

Officials write about Colorado River pact affecting Arizona, California, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming. By Zachery Schmidt, The Center Square Arizona leaders sent a bipartisan letter to the Trump administration requesting that it maintain the original 1922 Colorado River Compact...

ASPEN JOURNALISM: No deal on Colorado River

Aspen Journalism

Colorado River

November 13, 2025

Seven states fail to reach agreement by feds’ Nov. 11 deadline By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism Water managers from the...

CAL MATTERS: No deal on the Colorado River despite Trump administration deadline

Cal Matters

Colorado River

November 12, 2025

The federal government often makes deadlines on the Colorado River, but — in recent years — rarely has enforced them....

NEVADA CURRENT: With Upper, Lower basin states still snagged, feds give them more time to craft Colorado River plan

Nevada Current

Colorado River

November 12, 2025

By Jennifer Solis, Nevada Current Nevada and six other Colorado River states failed to reach a broad agreement Tuesday on how to share the river’s dwindling water supply, missing a federally-imposed deadline after days of intense closed-door negotiations. Despite missing...

CAL MATTERS: Colorado River talks hit crunch time. What’s at stake for California water?

Cal Matters

Colorado River

November 11, 2025

Western states in the Colorado River basin are racing a federal deadline to hash out the beginnings of an agreement...

HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: Why Colorado River negotiations are so difficult

High Country News

Colorado River

November 11, 2025

Basin states have had 2 years to figure out how to share the shrinking river. Will they get there before...

INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Can Arizona maintain its drought response as water and money dry up?

Inside Climate News

Colorado River

November 11, 2025

The state has spent hundreds of millions of dollars and implemented new regulations to protect water supplies. But as funds run out, residents, leaders and experts say more needs to be done in and outside Arizona. By Wyatt Mskow, Inside...