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For Star subscribers: They are unlikely allies to the longtime goal of many environmentalists. But political winds are shifting as the Colorado River runs drier.

Lake Mead's water level rose almost four feet in April, returning it to the same level it was a year ago. With last year's extreme water loss still fresh in our memory, this is a positive start to a year that the government thought would see Lake Mead dropping 30 feet.

Nevada gets less than a 2 percent cut from the Colorado River’s waters, but the state actually uses far more water than that each year.

Donald P. Smith's remains were discovered after a diver came across a human bone in Lake Mead's National Recreation Area's Callville Bay on October 17.

Another set of human remains was discovered by divers recently in Lake Mead just two months after the last bones were found.