Page 23 - Upper Basin News Today

The conflict between Arizona and California looms over the Colorado River as seven states make their arguments to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on how to manage the river. But that's only a part of the story in comments regarding a new plan to manage the river.

The conflict between Arizona and California looms over the Colorado River as seven states make their arguments to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on how to manage the river. But that's only a part of the story in comments regarding a new plan to manage the river.

For Star subscribers: They are unlikely allies to the longtime goal of many environmentalists. But political winds are shifting as the Colorado River runs drier.

Arizona relies heavily on the Colorado River, which analysts say is overallocated.Yet Upper Basin states such as Colorado continue to look for ways to store water, and conservationists have filed suit to stop one such project.Conservationists have long opposed expansion of a dam northwest of Denver that would divert an additional 5 billion gallons of water from the upper

LOS ANGELES — For years, environmentalists have argued that the Colorado River should be allowed to flow freely across the Utah-Arizona border, saying that letting water pass around Glen Canyon

Some California farmers are urging the federal government to consider draining Lake Powell, supporting environmentalists’ push for a ‘one-dam solution.’

Some California farmers are urging the federal government to consider draining Lake Powell, supporting environmentalists' push for a 'one-dam solution.'

The Los Angeles Times reports that the Imperial Irrigation District in Southern California is among a group of water users calling for Lake Powell to be drained to help the Colorado River system adapt to a warmer climate and reduced flows. The idea does not have support among states in the Upper Bas

Cassie Cerise lives on her family’s ranch on Missouri Heights, a mesa above Carbondale named for the home state of some of the area’s earliest settlers.  Like her parents and grandparents, she runs cattle and...

For Gunnison rancher Kathleen Curry, the term limits that will take Colorado House District 58’s current representative out of office at the end of 2024 mean voters will need another