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 Robert Gabriel Varady, University of Arizona; Andrea K. Gerlak, University of Arizona, and Stephen Paul Mumme, Colorado State University The United States and Mexico are tussling over their dwindling shared water supplies after years of unprecedented heat and insufficient...
From the Courthouse News Service: The Ninth Circuit revived the Navajo Nation’s breach of trust claim alleging that the federal government failed to consider “as-yet-undetermined water rights in managing the Colorado River,” finding that dismissal was improper as the Nation’s...
Hotter temperatures from climate change will likely mean the worst megadrought the region has ever seen. By Nicholas Iovino, Courthouse News Service Climate change is pushing the western United States and northern Mexico toward an extreme long-term drought that could...
Water is evaporating from the Colorado River Basin faster than rainfall can replenish it, researchers said in a study published Thursday, and the disappearance of seasonal snowpack has also diminished the river’s water supply. By Martin Macias, Jr., Courthouse News...
Finding solutions for shortages on Colorado River This post, written by Lynn Lipinski, first appeared in SOURCE Magazine and is reprinted here with permission. Amid nearly two decades of drought on the Colorado River, seven states that rely on its...
