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John Brooks Hamby is California's lead representative in negotiating its claim to the Colorado with six other Southwestern states, ProPublica reports.

J.B. Hamby, California’s representative in talks about sharing water from the Colorado River, holds the keys to a quarter of the river’s flow — and its future.

Records unearthed by a University of Virginia professor shed new light on states’ vocal opposition in the 1950s to tribes claiming their share of the river. Today, many are still fighting to secure water.

By Mark Olalde, ProPublica, and Anna V. Smith, High Country News ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Series: Waiting for Water:Tribes’ Fight for a Promised Resource The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1908 that tribes with reservations have […]

Records unearthed by a University of Virginia professor shed new light on states’ vocal opposition in the 1950s to tribes claiming their share of the river. Today, many are still fighting to secure water.

Records shed new light on states’ vocal opposition in the 1950s to tribes claiming their share of the river.

Drought and global warming have transformed the Colorado River, making some sections unrecognizable to those who have spent decades on the river.

Years ago, scientists said climate change would bring a Colorado River crisis. Their warnings, which largely went unheeded, are now playing out.