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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Colorado River tributaries in New Mexico bring water to the alfalfa fields in the Four Corners and the forested hills of the Gila wilderness in the southwestern part of the state.

With the river overtaxed, Grand Valley farmers in Colorado now face some of the most urgent questions regarding the future of water in Colorado River and the West.

Since 2000, flows on the Colorado River have declined 20% and water levels at Lake Powell and Lake Mead have dropped to less than 30% of their combined storage. With

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Colorado River tributaries in New Mexico bring water to the...

LOMA, Colo. (AP) — Under the blazing afternoon sun, Joe Bernal navigates a shiny-green John Deere tractor onto a dirt road a few miles north of downtown Fruita. Bernal is headed to cut hay in a field a few hundred feet down the road. On his way, he points out the land his family has acquired over the years. His grandparents had 150 acres over there. His parents bought this land here. His great grandparents, who showed up in 1925, lived in a house right there.

New Mexico water officials are grappling with how to make do with less as water levels drop in the Colorado River, Lake Powell and Lake Mead.

With the Colorado River overtaxed, Grand Valley farmers and ranchers face questions on water use as river levels drop in the state, Lake Powell, Lake Mead.

With the Colorado River overtaxed, Grand Valley farmers in Colorado now face some of the most urgent questions regarding the future of water in Colorado River and the West.

‘The law of the river is not suited to what the river has become’

‘The law of the river is not suited to what the river has become’