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The agreement isn’t the sustainable, permanent one that’s necessary.

NEWS ANALYSIS. The flow of the great American West river has decreased by 20% in 100 years. If the crossed states do not agree to review water allocation laws, the federal government will have to take drastic action.

Wyoming and the Bureau of Reclamation announced on Tuesday that a deal had been crafted after weeks of negotiations to keep minimum water flows in the Snake River below Jackson

Tribes in the southwest hold significant rights to the Colorado River’s water. But they’ve been left out of nearly every major agreement to manage the river. Leaders across the region are debating how to use less water amid the region’s warming climate. Tribes say they never got the chance to use their water in the first place, and that everyone in the river basin should plan for a future where they do.

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Colorado legislators on Thursday introduced a bill that would create a drought task force with the aim of providing recommendations about how to implement water-conservation programs and avoid a compact call.  A draft of Senate...

Colorado legislators have introduced a bill that would create a drought task force with the aim of providing recommendations about how to implement water-conservation programs and avoid a compact call.  A draft of Senate Bill...

Colorado legislators have introduced a bill that would create a drought task force with the aim of providing recommendations about how to implement water-conservation programs and avoid a compact call.  A draft of Senate Bill...

A draft of the bill says the purpose of the task force is to provide recommendations for state legislation to develop programs that address drought

Colorado legislators on Thursday introduced a bill that would create a drought task force with the aim of providing recommendations about how to implement water-conservation programs and avoid a compact call.  A draft of Senate...