An archive of news on the Colorado River’s drought, shrinking reservoirs, and efforts to craft a new management plan for seven states and Mexico post-2026.
Researchers have grown increasingly confident in global warming’s role in post-2000 ‘megadrought’ by Chase Woodruff, Colorado Newsline Elected officials from...
by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Nevada officials have filed the first lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s Colorado River plan, a plan that would require Nevada to cut water use by about 17% over the next two years and authorizes even...
New Colorado River guidelines offer short-term certainty, but long-term questions remain On Friday, the Department of the Interior released a Record of Decision and a two-year operations plan that will guide Colorado River management in 2027 and 2028. The plan...
Secretary Burgum signs 2027-2028 Operating Guidelines and Record of Decision From the Department of the Interior: The Department of the Interior issued the 2027-2028 Operating Guidelines and the Record of Decision for the Post-2026 Colorado River Operations Final EIS, establishing...
Streamflows on Colorado’s Western Slope are at near-record or record lows By Chase Woodruff, Colorado Newsline Routt County rancher Philip Rossi knew as early as January of this year — as the Flat Tops range above the Yampa River basin...
Climate change will almost certainly feature prominently in any multi-state litigation over the Colorado River. A court case over an almost-finished dam expansion may decide how. By Wyatt Msykow and Jake Bolster, Inside Climate News This article originally appeared on...
