Annual Colorado River flows have decreased an average of four million acre-feet since the 21st century, while the number of...
Bidders paid an average of $74,600 per acre-foot By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism Longmont dairy farmer Jim Docheff has been...
From the USGS: A newly published study from the U.S. Geological Survey explains how salinity in the Upper Colorado River Basin has changed over the past few decades and shows how climate, irrigation and flow of groundwater contribute to salinity...
From the Bureau of Reclamation The Bureau of Reclamation today published an overview of historical natural losses along the lower...
The U.S. Department of the Interior updated operations of the Glen Canyon Dam on Lake Powell in 2016, but conservationists...
By Peter Goble, Russ Schumacher, Colorado Climate Center The Colorado River is perhaps the most critical resource to the southwestern United States, providing water to over 40 million people. In an average year, over half of this water comes from...
by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Nature offered the Colorado River Basin states a reprieve last winter after a heavy snowpack...
Colorado has long pushed for recognition of overuse By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalsim Representatives from two lower basin states on...
Thirty federally recognized tribes lay claim to a fourth of the Colorado River which provides water to 40 million people in the western U.S. and Mexico. By Amanda Pampuro, Courthouse News Service Native American tribal leaders continued to seek recognition...
The 75th gathering of the Colorado River Water Users Association drew 1,700 stakeholders from across seven states, 30 Native American...
Researchers believe the people who drew up the original Colorado River Compact ignored good science on how much water actually...
by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Lake Mead is getting a massive boost in water this summer after several California water agencies agreed to conserve up to 643,000 acre-feet of water through 2025 under an agreement with the federal government, more...
California water districts signed Colorado River water conservation agreements with the federal government at the start of the 75th meeting...
Nearly $295 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda will conserve up to 643,000 acre-feet of water through 2025...
Sonia Fernandez, UC Santa Barbara The American Southwest has always been a dry place — cue the romantic visions of hot, rugged, sun-bleached, seemingly infinite landscapes and star-filled night skies. And yet, the plants, animals and people of the Four...