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After months of stalemate, glimmers of hope have emerged for consensus on a new plan to manage the shrinking Colorado River.
The clock is ticking on the Colorado River. The seven states that use its water are nearing a 2026 deadline to come up with ...
The 1922 Colorado River Compact, a foundational interstate agreement that informs the management of a river that serves 40 million people, did not settle Native American tribes’ water rights ...
Colorado River states remain divided on sharing water, and some tribes say their needs are still being ignored. By Rachel Estabrook and Joe Wertz · Mar. 15, 2024, 4:00 am. Listen Now.
Congressional Democrats and Republicans are trying to revive a Colorado River water conservation program called “essential” as the new Trump administration attempts to freeze its fundin… ...
The Colorado River waters extend through seven states and two nations, including 277 miles through the Grand Canyon. Here's where it starts and ends. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...
The Colorado River is drying up due to a combination of chronic overuse of water resources and a historic drought. The dry period has lasted more than two decades, spurred by a warming climate ...
The Colorado River provides supplementary water for 2 million Utahns on the Wasatch Front. Right now, the Western states that depend on the river's water are hashing out how to manage it — and ...
The seven Colorado River states face a quickly approaching deadline to present a unified plan for how to manage the drying river that provides water for 40 million people across the West.
Federal officials indicated that even parts of the "Law of the River," a 100-year-old legal framework that governs Colorado River allocations, could change as a result of the negotiations.
The source of salinity depends on where you are in the Colorado River Basin and when you’re looking. Up-basin in Colorado River tributaries in Eagle County — where naturally occurring salinity is very ...
As Colorado gears up for the contentious December 8 wolf reintroduction, Colorado Parks and Wildlife's new brochure guides residents on avoiding conflicts and navigating the impact of gray wolves ...