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The Bureau of Reclamation has inked 82 agreements promising to pay Colorado River water users with Inflation Reduction Act funding if they commit to cutting back on their water usage, an Interior Department leader told a crowd of Western farmers and irrigation district employees at the Family Farm Alliance’s annual conference.
Wyoming says it will oppose a $400 million federal water conservation and ecosystem restoration program if grants are not funneled through the Upper Colorado River Commission and agencies like the
The Upper and Lower basin states are now expected to submit competing plans for long-term river management as negotiations falter ahead of a March
River basin states including Arizona are getting "too close for comfort" to reaching what two river experts call a "Colorado River Compact tripwire."
USDA’s Equity Commission is out with a detailed set of recommendations for reforming a wide range of programs, including the way commodity and conservation programs operate.