Colorado River

Colorado River Commentary

April 1, 2025

Threat of compact call hangs over seven-state talks By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism Aspen Journalism is an independent nonprofit news...

DAN WALTERS: Colorado River poses another California water conflict that Trump will affect

Cal Matters

February 7, 2025

By Dan Walters, Cal Matters President Donald Trump’s intrusion into California’s long-running conflict over water management – essentially favoring farmers over wildlife habitat – has drawn massive media and political attention. Trump ordered federal water managers to release more water...

ASPEN JOURNALISM: Future water conservation program almost guaranteed in Upper Basin

January 30, 2025

River District warns again about impacts to Western Slope By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism After years of studying and experimenting...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Arizona House takes step to defend Colorado River water

Bureau of Reclamation News

January 29, 2025

The committee also voted in support of two bills that would allow groundwater pumping regulations in protected areas to be...

USBR: Biden-Harris Administration leaves Colorado River Basin on path to success

January 18, 2025

Alternatives report released today provides detailed data to support consensus agreement for post-2026 Colorado River operations to prevent catastrophic drought impacts across the West. From the Bureau of Reclamation: Today, the Bureau of Reclamation released the next step in a...

ASPEN JOURNALISM: Congressional delays cause uncertainty for water conservation program

January 11, 2025

UCRC not yet accepting applications for System Conservation in 2025 By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism A federally funded water conservation...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Despite best hopes, Southwest drought may be here to stay

December 21, 2024

Climate scientists say increasing global temperatures have driven soil moisture in the Southwest below a critical point, creating a positive...

NEVADA CURRENT: Tribes help boost Lake Mead water supply, hope for lame duck passage of $5B federal water act

Nevada Current

December 9, 2024

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Since 2021, a handful of Colorado River Basin tribes have significantly boosted water supply in Lake Mead through voluntary contributions, helping stabilize a crucial reservoir that 25 million people rely on. The consequences of a...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Meeting of Colorado River users wraps with focus on Mexico and tribes

December 7, 2024

Decades of drought and development mean there’s even less water in the Colorado River to go around to numerous thirsty...

NEVADA CURRENT: Upper and lower basin states hit tough impasse at annual Colorado River conference

Nevada Current

December 6, 2024

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Western states that rely on the Colorado River are in a heated deadlock over how...

ASPEN JOURNALISM: Water managers deadlocked on Colorado River

December 6, 2024

Both Upper and Lower basin reps say their alternative is best By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism At the largest annual gathering of the basin’s water managers on Thursday, speakers invoked Dr. Strangelove, the Hunger Games and Alice in Wonderland to...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Colorado River stakeholders puzzle over future distribution as waters dry up

December 6, 2024

Millions of people in the U.S. and Mexico depend on the Colorado River, but as the river shrinks, the Colorado...

NEVADA CURRENT: California conservation efforts have raised Lake Mead by 16-feet in two years, regulators say

Nevada Current

December 5, 2024

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Water users in California have conserved enough water since 2022 to raise Lake Mead water...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Colorado River stakeholders tackle climate change, water rights at annual conference