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Mark Twain may or may not have actually said it first — “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting!” — but even if he didn’t, the high-altitude wetlands, ancient fens, and mountain meadows of...

CRESTED BUTTE — As Colorado’s first full-time Colorado River commissioner, Becky Mitchell is able to focus entirely on navigating interstate water sharing negotiations and advocating for water users around the state. She’s laid out eight principles,...

The former Colorado Water Conservation Board director addresses climate change, Colorado’s water crisis, and how to keep water in the West.

Veteran Colorado water attorney Jim Lochhead has been part of most of the history-making Colorado River deals crafted over the last 30 years including California’s landmark 2003 quantification settlement agreement, where the state famously agreed to cut back its overuse of the Colorado River. For de

Mitchell: ‘Lower Basins overuse poses risks’

Farmers in California's Imperial Valley have the single largest water allocation along the Colorado River. They say they need to be compensated before taking cutbacks.

The Spring Creek Fire showed water conditions writ large just as the Colorado River District hosted the Central Arizona Project board in late June. The 3,000 acre fire in Garfield

With the two largest reservoirs in the nation perilously low, and the Colorado River Basin experiencing the worst drought in centuries, we decided to follow the river by bus from Grand Lake into Mexic...

With the two largest reservoirs in the nation perilously low, and the Colorado River Basin experiencing the worst drought in centuries, we decided to follow the river by bus from Grand Lake into Mexic...

Imperial Valley’s history has been and will continue to be inextricably linked with the great Colorado River – in sickness and in health. The River is a formidable force of