Colorado leaders pledged big action on water in 2023. In a nod to the politically sensitive nature of river negotiations, a task force will recommend solutions instead.
The Colorado Legislature, whose leaders signaled this year that they planned to take bold action on water, is poised to convene an interim task force to study and recommend ways state lawmakers can ad.
New bills championed by local lawmakers are popping up, while others are making their way through the Colorado legislature, as elected officials seek to address a variety of issues related to water, school funding, local.
The federal government has laid out its ideas for water cuts in the Colorado River Basin, which means time is running out for basin states to agree on a plan of their own.
In Colorado, water officials.
Upper Colorado River Basin water managers have released little information so far about the Colorado proposals submitted for a conservation program, raising concerns about the approval process of the program,