Tribes across the West have worked with states to protect the Colorado River and conserve enough water to raise elevations in ...

issued a proclamation Dec. 17 This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Feds begin review of 5 possible plans for Colorado River shortages Coverage of tribal water issues in the Colorado ...

Future water management cannot be organized how it is presently or as it was in the past, said Celene Hawkins, Durango resident and The Nature Conservancy’s new Colorado River Program director. The ...

Established in 1902, those senior rights ensure that when the river runs low, water continues to move west through our valleys, sustaining agriculture, wildlife habitat, and communities before ...

Next door, Colorado’s lead negotiator, Becky Mitchell, had framed her own message for the Southwestern states. Ranchers and ...

The clock is ticking on short-term interstate deals on water use. A long-term operating plan must be in place by Oct. 1, 2026. The Trump administration will give state officials hashing out the future ...

As the economic, ecological and cultural centerpiece of the American Southwest, the increasingly dire condition of the Colorado River remains a central focus of GWC activities. Continuing a recent ...

Negotiators tasked with hammering out the future of the shrinking Colorado River — and the 40 million people who rely on it — are once again careening toward a deadline imposed by federal authorities, ...

Seven states in the Colorado River Basin are days away from a Nov. 11 deadline to hash out a rough idea of how the water supply for 40 million people will be managed starting in fall 2026. And they’re ...

Glenwood Springs kayaker Michael Ball reached the end of his New Year’s Day paddling run on Thursday and realized he had ...