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Colorado River officials plan to expand a conservation program next year that pays farmers and ranchers to use less water. But questions remain about some of the proposed ideas and the program’s overall efficacy.
Farmers and ranchers in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico will be eligible to receive compensation for water conservation over the next year, following a recent agreement among these Upper Colorado River Basin states. Officials from the four states voted last week to revise and extend what’s known as the System Conservation Pilot Program (SCPP)…
Colorado won’t be buying up agricultural water rights to reduce water use and help stabilize the Colorado River, according to a briefing top river officials provided state lawmakers last week. Rebecca Mitchell, Colorado’s representative on the Upper Colorado River Commission, reassured lawmakers
The Colorado River District, an organization dedicated to protecting western Colorado water, holds State of the River meetings across its 15-county district each spring. Sun Outdoors Rocky Mountains in Granby hosted the Grand County event...
One way to save massive amounts of water from the drying Colorado River — state and federal officials had hoped — was to effectively buy water this year from farmers