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The future of endangered fish recovery programs involving local rivers is looking more secure for the short term due to a bipartisan measure that has been included in a budget

Farmers, bureaucrats, and water negotiators converged on Caesars Palace, in Las Vegas, to fight over the future of the drought-stricken Southwest.

"Diminished by climate change and overuse, the river can no longer provide the water states try to take from it."

Seven states depend on the Colorado River for water but climate change and overuse have taken their toll. Meanwhile, water sharing agreements between these states will soon expire.

Amid negotiations about Colorado River cuts, a state water official says other Western states shouldn't just assume Arizona accepts its "junior" water

The Colorado River is shrinking at the hands of climate change, and the people who decide its future are caught in a standoff over how to share its water. Putting them all in the same room, then, is bound to breed some tension.

La Plata County is anticipating a 50% population increase by 2050. Fifty percent! Durango’s 2021 Water System Master Plan contains an extensive analysis of the costs of enlarging the local water infra...

Policymakers from the seven states that use water from the Colorado River gathered in Las Vegas to discuss its future as climate change shrinks supply.

Policymakers from the seven states that use water from the Colorado River gathered in Las Vegas to discuss its future as climate change shrinks supply.

After 100 years, Colorado River water allocations under the Colorado River Compact face strict scrutiny as water levels have dropped due to drought, climate change and population growth. Read more.