An archive of news on the Colorado River’s drought, shrinking reservoirs, and efforts to craft a new management plan for seven states and Mexico post-2026.
Though overallocation is one reason the river is shrinking, reduced snowpack and increased evaporation caused by climate change are also contributing factors. By Emily Gardner The Colorado River and its reservoirs, which supply water for about 40 million people and...
Researchers have grown increasingly confident in global warming’s role in post-2000 ‘megadrought’ by Chase Woodruff, Colorado Newsline Elected officials from...
by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Nevada officials have filed the first lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s Colorado River plan, a plan that would require Nevada to cut water use by about 17% over the next two years and authorizes even...
New Colorado River guidelines offer short-term certainty, but long-term questions remain On Friday, the Department of the Interior released a Record of Decision and a two-year operations plan that will guide Colorado River management in 2027 and 2028. The plan...
Secretary Burgum signs 2027-2028 Operating Guidelines and Record of Decision From the Department of the Interior: The Department of the Interior issued the 2027-2028 Operating Guidelines and the Record of Decision for the Post-2026 Colorado River Operations Final EIS, establishing...
Streamflows on Colorado’s Western Slope are at near-record or record lows By Chase Woodruff, Colorado Newsline Routt County rancher Philip Rossi knew as early as January of this year — as the Flat Tops range above the Yampa River basin...
