HIGH COUNTRY NEWS: Why Colorado River negotiations are so difficult High Country News Colorado River November 11, 2025Basin states have had 2 years to figure out how to share the shrinking river. Will they get there before...
UTAH DISPATCH: Deadline closing in for Utah and 6 other states hammering out a new water plan Utah Dispatch Colorado River October 31, 2025Upstream and downstream states have less than two weeks to power through sticking points By Annie Knox, Utah News Dispatch...
ASPEN JOURNALISM: Colorado River managers present plan to share water based on supply, not demand Aspen Journalism Colorado River June 27, 2025By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism The seven states that share the Colorado River are floating a new concept for how...
COLORADO NEWSLINE: Shared risk at the heart of dispute over Colorado River Colorado Newsline Colorado River June 4, 2025By Allen Best, Colorado Newsline Even-steven. That was the intent of delegates from the seven basin states in 1922 when...
GIANNINI FOUNDATION OF AG ECON: Sharing Colorado River Water: A View From Southern California Giannini Foundation Of Agricultural Economics AgricultureColorado River May 3, 2025By Daniel Crespo, Mehdi Nemati, Ariel Dinar, Zachary Frankel, and Nicholas Halberg, Giannini Foundation Of Agricultural Economics The Colorado River...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: New study finds Rocky Mountain snow contamination Desert Research Institute Colorado River April 2, 2025An examination of Rocky Mountain snow finds higher contamination levels of mercury and others metals in the northern part of...
ASPEN JOURNALISM: Dwindling water supply, legal questions push Colorado River into ‘wildly uncharted territory’ Aspen Journalism Colorado River April 1, 2025Threat of compact call hangs over seven-state talks By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism Aspen Journalism is an independent nonprofit news...
ASPEN JOURNALISM: Future water conservation program almost guaranteed in Upper Basin Aspen Journalism Colorado River January 30, 2025River District warns again about impacts to Western Slope By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism After years of studying and experimenting...
ASPEN JOURNALISM: Congressional delays cause uncertainty for water conservation program Aspen Journalism Colorado River January 11, 2025UCRC not yet accepting applications for System Conservation in 2025 By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism A federally funded water conservation...
NEVADA CURRENT: Upper and lower basin states hit tough impasse at annual Colorado River conference Nevada Current Colorado River December 6, 2024by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Western states that rely on the Colorado River are in a heated deadlock over how...
ASPEN JOURNALISM: Water managers deadlocked on Colorado River Aspen Journalism Colorado River December 6, 2024Both Upper and Lower basin reps say their alternative is best By Heather Sackett, Aspen Journalism At the largest annual...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Colorado River stakeholders puzzle over future distribution as waters dry up Courthouse News Service Colorado River December 6, 2024Millions of people in the U.S. and Mexico depend on the Colorado River, but as the river shrinks, the Colorado...
NEVADA CURRENT: California conservation efforts have raised Lake Mead by 16-feet in two years, regulators say Nevada Current Colorado River December 5, 2024by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Water users in California have conserved enough water since 2022 to raise Lake Mead water...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Despite Biden Administration proposals to address Colorado River shortages, a solution is far off Inside Climate News Colorado River November 22, 2024Colorado River users are in tense negotiations over the critical waterway’s future as climate-driven drought and overuse continue to diminish...
NEVADA CURRENT: Feds release long-term Colorado River management options, including water cutbacks Nevada Current Colorado River November 21, 2024by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Amid stalled negotiations over how to manage the troubled Colorado River in the coming decades,...
