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.
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...
By Jake Bittle, Grist This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. There are three main forces driving the conflict on the Colorado River. The first is an outdated legal system that guarantees more...
Over the last two decades, the Colorado River Basin has been in an extended drought. This has resulted in substantial changes to the basin, including increased wildfire activity, vegetation shifts, and the depletion of streamflows and water levels in major...
Bidders paid an average of $74,600 per acre-foot By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism Longmont dairy farmer Jim Docheff has been in the dairy business for all of his 88 years, and his son Joe grows the corn and alfalfa for...
The U.S. Department of the Interior updated operations of the Glen Canyon Dam on Lake Powell in 2016, but conservationists say its management plan doesn’t consider the worsening effects of climate change and drought. By Joe Duhownik, Courthouse News Service...
