Lower Basin Archives

November 18, 2025

Officials write about Colorado River pact affecting Arizona, California, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming. By Zachery Schmidt, The Center...

ASPEN JOURNALISM: No deal on Colorado River

Aspen Journalism

Colorado River

November 13, 2025

Seven states fail to reach agreement by feds’ Nov. 11 deadline By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism Water managers from the...

CAL MATTERS: No deal on the Colorado River despite Trump administration deadline

Cal Matters

Colorado River

November 12, 2025

The federal government often makes deadlines on the Colorado River, but — in recent years — rarely has enforced them....

NEVADA CURRENT: With Upper, Lower basin states still snagged, feds give them more time to craft Colorado River plan

Nevada Current

Colorado River

November 12, 2025

By Jennifer Solis, Nevada Current Nevada and six other Colorado River states failed to reach a broad agreement Tuesday on...

CAL MATTERS: Colorado River talks hit crunch time. What’s at stake for California water?

Cal Matters

Colorado River

November 11, 2025

Western states in the Colorado River basin are racing a federal deadline to hash out the beginnings of an agreement...

HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: Why Colorado River negotiations are so difficult

High Country News

Colorado River

November 11, 2025

Basin states have had 2 years to figure out how to share the shrinking river. Will they get there before...

PRESS RELEASE: California projected to achieve lowest Colorado River use since 1949

Colorado River Board of California

Colorado River

November 7, 2025

The milestone proves that reductions in use do not preclude growth. From the Colorado River Board of California: The Colorado...

UTAH DISPATCH: Deadline closing in for Utah and 6 other states hammering out a new water plan

Guest Contributor

Colorado River

October 31, 2025

Upstream and downstream states have less than two weeks to power through sticking points By Annie Knox, Utah News Dispatch...

METROPOLITAN: Adapting to a Changing Colorado River: Lessons from the past, plans for the future

Maven

Colorado River

October 1, 2025

The Colorado River Basin states continue to meet in an effort to reach an agreement by the November deadline set...

ASU: Preparing for a drier future on the Colorado River basin

Arizona State University

Colorado River

August 8, 2025

With a looming deadline for the Colorado River Compact, ASU water experts weigh in on the state’s water forecast By...

AG ALERT: Habitat concerns muddle Colorado River water plan

Ag Alert

Agriculture Colorado River

June 5, 2024

For decades, irrigation runoff from Imperial Valley farms has fed the Salton Sea. As farmers cut back on water use,...

AG ALERT: Wet year improves Colorado River status

Ag Alert

Agriculture Colorado River

November 1, 2023

By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert A consensus plan agreed to last spring by states in the Colorado River’s Lower Basin...

AG ALERT COMMENTARY: Why alfalfa is ideal for California and the Southwest

Ag Alert

Agriculture Colorado River Commentary

August 2, 2023

Commentary by Ayman Mostafa, Ph.D., a field crops and entomology specialist and director of the Urban Agriculture Production, Small-Scale and...

AG ALERT: Imperial Valley farmers await water deal

Ag Alert

Colorado River

June 14, 2023

By Caleb Hampton, Ag Alert California, Arizona and Nevada reached a long-sought consensus last month on how to conserve water...

AG ALERT: Colorado River may require ‘decisive action,’ U.S. warns

Ag Alert

Colorado River

November 9, 2022

By Peter Hecht , Ag Alert Federal officials have issued a thinly veiled threat to impose new cuts in water...