Colorado River Archives ~ Page 10 of 23 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

USBR: Reclamation finalizes SEIS process to address drought and climate impacts on Glen Canyon Dam and Hoover Dam

May 10, 2024

Interior Department announced earlier this year that historic investments led to record water savings, helped stave off immediate collapse of...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Researchers anticipate continued reprieve from drought for southwestern US

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

May 6, 2024

Although the 2024 water year has not been as dramatic as the year prior, researchers say the snowmelt forecast paints...

NEVADA CURRENT: Nevada joins six western states demanding more water investments

Nevada Current

Colorado River

April 30, 2024

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Nevada’s senators joined federal lawmakers from six other western states Monday to demand additional funding to address the region’s long-term drought, worsened by climate change. The Colorado River remains in an unfolding and worsening drought....

NASA: Meat of the matter: Colorado River over-consumed

NASA/JPL

Colorado River

April 30, 2024

By Laura E.P. Rocchio The Colorado River has an accounting problem. More water is taken from the river than it...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: In blow to green groups, Ninth Circuit upholds federal plan for Glen Canyon Dam

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

April 25, 2024

Wednesday’s ruling puts the kibosh on claims that the federal government ignored climate change when developing a 20-year plan for...

STANFORD NEWS: For the Colorado River and beyond, a new market could save the day

Stanford University

Colorado River

April 20, 2024

Stanford economist Paul Milgrom won a Nobel Prize in part for his role in enabling today’s mobile world. Now he’s tackling a different 21st century challenge: water scarcity. By Krysten Crawford, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) The Colorado...

STATELINE: Problems with Glen Canyon Dam could jeopardize water flowing to Western states

Stateline

Colorado River

April 17, 2024

Environmental groups are calling it ‘the most urgent water problem’ for the Colorado River and the 40 million people who...

ASPEN JOURNALISM: Wet March boosts Colorado snowpack, streamflow forecasts

Aspen Journalism

Colorado River

April 13, 2024

Runoff still depends on temperature, dust on snow By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism The month of March in Colorado was...

STATELINE: Where did all the water go? New study explores water use in the Colorado River basin.

Stateline

Colorado River

April 1, 2024

By Kyle Dunphey, Stateline This story first appeared in the Utah News Dispatch. Read more Stateline coverage of how communities across the West are grappling with drought that’s worsening because of climate change. The final 100 miles of the Colorado River is a...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: More than half of Colorado River’s water used for agriculture: Study

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

March 28, 2024

And nearly two-thirds of that water goes toward crops that feed cattle. By Hillel Aron, Courthouse News The 1,450-mile-long Colorado...

METROPOLITAN: Committee briefed on Colorado River interim and post-2026 operating guidelines

Maven

Colorado River Notebook News and Features

March 21, 2024

At the March meeting of Metropolitan’s One Water and Stewardship Committee, staff updated the committee on the Reclamation’s release of...

AG ALERT: California agrees to lasting cuts to Colorado River use

Ag Alert

Agriculture Colorado River

March 20, 2024

By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert California has agreed to make long-term cuts to the amount of water the state uses from the Colorado River, according to a proposed plan for managing the river released earlier this month by California, Nevada...

NEVADA CURRENT: Colorado River basin states pitch two alternative plans

Nevada Current

Colorado River

March 7, 2024

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current After months of tense discussion over the future of the Colorado River, western states that...

CAL MATTERS: California agrees to long-term cuts of Colorado River water

Cal Matters

Colorado River

March 7, 2024

California, Arizona and Nevada would cut their allocations about 20% when reservoir levels drop. But other states have their own...

ASPEN JOURNALISM: Lower basin calls for upper basin cuts; upper basin says ‘no way’

Aspen Journalism

Colorado River

March 7, 2024

Colorado River basin states submit competing proposals for reservoir operations post-2026 By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism This article was first published at Aspen Journalism, an independent nonprofit news organization. See www.aspenjournalism.org for more. In two separate proposals for how the...