When former Gov. Bill Ritter kicked off the recent “Pathways to a Pool” workshop on Colorado River conservation, we listened. As Western Slope producers, our livelihoods depend on the Colorado River ...
The Colorado River flows along the border of Arizona and California in 2023. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Negotiators for seven Western states said they are making progress in ongoing ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah's chief negotiator over the Colorado River says progress has been made in coming up with a new agreement to manage the water supply for more than 40 million people in the West.
Future water management cannot be organized how it is presently or as it was in the past, said Celene Hawkins, Durango resident and The Nature Conservancy’s new Colorado River Program director. The ...
Water from the Colorado River and its tributaries irrigates farms, sprinkles lawns and quenches the thirst of millions across Utah and the greater Southwest. While only 27% of the state’s water comes ...
Federal officials have mandated that states dependent on the Colorado River reach a water-sharing agreement or face a federally imposed solution. Negotiators are developing a framework for a deal ...
The Trump administration is using different tactics that his predecessor to get the states the share the Colorado river to agree how to do it in a climate changed world. States that share the Colorado ...
Drought-stricken Lake Mead on the Colorado River in August 2022. (File photo by Christopher Clark / U.S. Bureau of Reclamation) In March 2025, the United States took an unprecedented step by denying ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tribal representatives speak on panel during 2025 Colorado River Water Users Association. (Left to Right) Jenny Dumas, water ...