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Senator Michael Bennet is bringing Kremmling rancher Paul Bruchez to Washington, D.C. in an effort to highlight Western water issues. Agriculture accounts for nearly 80% of water use from the Colorado River.

The Colorado River has been drying up because of chronic overuse combined with a historic drought.

Six of the seven states that use water from the Colorado River proposed a way for the federal government to cut back on water use and protect dropping water levels in Lake Mead and Lake Powell.

Politics and threatened litigation are replacing what is left of the water in the Colorado River as the seven basin states that rely on the Wests largest river try to reach an agreement to cut flows so power generation can continue at Glen Canyon and Hoover dams.

One California water manager says Colorado River reservoirs aren't likely to refill. Scientists agree that the region needs to plan for a drier future.

An above average SNOTEL report shows the state’s southwestern river basins are 139% of average for this time of year.

Water officials across the West have been negotiating a crisis on the Colorado River. Drought is putting pressure on the 7-state basin, and the nation’s two largest reservoirs recently reached record lows.

An above average SNOTEL report shows the state’s southwestern river basins are 139% of average for this time of year.

California, Arizona and Nevada are among the states at odds over how to divide the river's water — a fight among powerful political and economic interests with dire consequences.

The Colorado River basin states have failed for the second time in six months to reach a consensus on the water usage cuts that seek to distribute the burden of drought more equitably as the [...]