Upper Basins News Today

For Star subscribers: Cattle feed, including alfalfa and other forms of hay, accounted for 46% of all water directly diverted from the Colorado River, a new study says.

Famers and local water agencies could be paid to not plant crops or to install pricey but efficient irrigation equipment

As drought threatens Colorado River reservoirs' ability to generate hydropower, the Bureau of Reclamation is creating work-arounds.

The lower basin states of California, Nevada and Arizona came up with a plan to leave more water in Lake Mead.

"The Colorado River is the lifeblood of the Southwest and everybody is working toward a solution as opposed to fighting," Patti Aaron said.