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The Department of the Interior announced Thursday that it would be launching a formal process to develop long-term operational guidelines for the dwindling Colorado River. Once finalized, the new strategies will replace the 2007 Colorado River Interim Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages and the Coordinated Operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead that are slated to expire…

You’d think the Earth shook recently when the three states of California, Arizona and Nevada announced they’d reached a deal with the federal government about how to manage the drought-stricken

You’d think the Earth shook recently when the three states of California, Arizona and Nevada announced they’d reached a deal with the federal government about how to manage the drought-stricken Colorado River. It felt like...

An expert described as one of the best minds on water in the West believes its time to reconsider some of the basics of the 1922 Colorado River Compact, the

After a Colorado River conservation agreement between California, Arizona and Nevada, states and tribes are turning their attention to a new round of pre-2026 negotiations.

On May 22, Arizona, Nevada, and California sent a letter to the Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) that announced their agreement to conserve an additional 3...

You’d think the Earth shook recently when the three states of California, Arizona and Nevada announced they’d reached a deal with the federal government about how to manage the drought-stricken Colorado River. It felt like...

This so-called historic agreement offers little that is sustainable, equitable or environmentally sound.

What helped push the Colorado River to the brink of collapse were the farmers and cities that have taken more water out of the river than the river could provide.

A natural resources scientist said although this wet spring has been a blessing for the parched Colorado River, it would take 21 more like it to fully restore the watershed.