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At the confluence of the Roaring Fork and the Colorado River in Glenwood Springs, its clear that a big, snowy winter has turned into a big spring and summer for local streamflows, too.

As federal and state officials prepare to renegotiate the rules governing the Colorado River, the region’s tribal nations are demanding seats at the table — seats that could make or break the basin’s future. The Biden administration recently announced the official launch of the process to revamp the river’s long-term operational guidelines, which are set to…

CHEYENNE — In the wake of Western droughts and the city’s risk of losing water rights, Cheyenne’s Wise Water Action Committee informed City Council members Friday of the need to

Delph Carpenter was an attorney from Colorado who by 1922 had developed extensive expertise in water law guiding the Colorado River Commission.

You’d think the Earth shook recently when the three states of California, Arizona and Nevada announced they’d reached a deal with the federal government about how to manage the drought-stricken

You’d think the Earth shook recently when the three states of California, Arizona and Nevada announced they’d reached a deal with the federal government about how to manage the drought-stricken Colorado River. It felt like...

You’d think the Earth shook recently when the three states of California, Arizona and Nevada announced they’d reached a deal with the federal government about how to manage the drought-stricken

You’d think the Earth shook recently when the three states of California, Arizona and Nevada announced they’d reached a deal with the federal government about how to manage the drought-stricken Colorado River. It felt like...

An expert described as one of the best minds on water in the West believes its time to reconsider some of the basics of the 1922 Colorado River Compact, the

You’d think the Earth shook recently when the three states of California, Arizona and Nevada announced they’d reached a deal with the federal government about how to manage the drought-stricken Colorado River. It felt like...