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.
by Marcus Shields, Cronkite News The Central Arizona Project board voiced disagreement last week over whether federal water reclamation plans are fair to Arizona and other lower basin states. The CAP board, also known as the Central Arizona Water Conservation...
From the Bureau of Reclamation: The Department of the Interior and Bureau of Reclamation welcome the signing of Minute 334 and the collaborative approach that was undertaken to complete this agreement on Colorado River operations through 2028 by the United...
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...
