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As Colorado River Basin stakeholders scramble to formulate a long-term water conservation plan, the Centennial State’s main negotiator urged those at the table to be adaptable to change in an increasingly arid West. “Some may like to continue the status quo or some version of it,” Becky Mitchell, Colorado’s Upper Colorado River commissioner, said at…

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.

Updated projections released on Thursday show Lake Mead rising another foot by the end of February and then crashing in April, eventually dropping 20 feet by November.

Updated projections released on Thursday show Lake Mead rising another foot by the end of February and then crashing in April, eventually dropping 20 feet by November.

As Colorado River Basin stakeholders scramble to formulate a long-term water conservation plan, the Centennial State’s main negotiator urged those at the table to be adaptable to change in an increasingly arid West. “Some may like to continue the status quo or some version of it,” Becky Mitchell, Colorado’s Upper Colorado River commissioner, said at…

After reading Louis Meyer’s recent guest column on the Colorado River Compact, it is important to clarify two points. The 1922 Colorado River Compact is not being renegotiated and probably never will ...

Coloradans gunning to join a Colorado River conservation program could save up to 17,000 acre-feet of water — six times the savings in 2023.

A proposed bill would set up a council to oversee water discussions with outside entities; however, critics are concerned about transparency issues with the way the bill is set up.

Heavy winter snows and conservation measures are helping, but far more is needed for dry years

Heavy winter snows and conservation measures are helping, but far more is needed for dry years