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Early one morning shortly after hehad fought the McCarthy censure proceeding to a finish. Utah’sRepublican Senator Arthur Watkins dragged himself from bed to answerhis telephone.…

The Bureau of Reclamation has inked 82 agreements promising to pay Colorado River water users with Inflation Reduction Act funding if they commit to cutting back on their water usage, an Interior Department leader told a crowd of Western farmers and irrigation district employees at the Family Farm Alliance’s annual conference. 

Wyoming says it will oppose a $400 million federal water conservation and ecosystem restoration program if grants are not funneled through the Upper Colorado River Commission and agencies like the

The Upper and Lower basin states are now expected to submit competing plans for long-term river management as negotiations falter ahead of a March

River basin states including Arizona are getting "too close for comfort" to reaching what two river experts call a "Colorado River Compact tripwire."

After this winter’s faltering start, recent snowstorms boosted Colorado’s snowpack from around 10% to nearly 100% of normal accumulation.

Climate Change having affects across the United States.

States seeking common solutions for future operations at Powell and Mead

The seven Colorado River states face a quickly approaching deadline to present a unified plan for how to manage the drying river that provides water for 40 million people across the West.

Colorado and six other Colorado River states face a quickly approaching deadline to present a unified plan on how to manage the drying river, but it's unclear if they'll meet the target -- or present regional plans instead.