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Feds release draft report outlining management plans for Colorado River’s future
14+ hour, 46+ min ago (718+ words) The Bureau of Reclamation on Friday released a draft of options for how to manage the Colorado River water supply for years to come " one that could break a logjam among states over the river's future. The federal agency, seven…...
Colorado River negotiators stumble past federal deadline without joint agreement
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (407+ words) The Colorado River states are still divided " so much so that they could not reach a broad agreement on how to manage the river by their federal deadline." The Department of the Interior gave seven Western states, including Colorado, until…...
At the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, inspiration for the water-stressed West
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (1635+ words) The American West is the driest it's been in a thousand years. But the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver has never felt wetter. In September, MCA Denver opened the five-month exhibition "Water, Water on the Wall, You're the Fairest of…...
What’s holding up the Colorado River negotiations? Experts break down the sticking points.
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1458+ words) 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 still at loggerheads over…...
River users, landowners and lawmakers revive decades-long debate over river access in Colorado
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1756+ words) It depends on your point of view. Sun reporters have fanned out along the Arkansas River, from the headwaters near Leadville to the border with Kansas, to learn what the river means to people in the places it runs through....
What’s Working: Robocalls are declining in Colorado but still number in the millions
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1191+ words) Quick links: Comcast layoffs | Local fed workers update | Take the reader poll | More! Coloradans fare better than most Americans when it comes to pesky robocallers, according to the latest data from YouMail, which has a free call-blocking app. But at…...
A 3rd northern Colorado agency bows out of $2.7B project to build 2 dams, bring drinking water to the area
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (743+ words) The Weld County city of Evans has become the latest member to back out of the $2.7 billion, two-dam Northern Integrated Supply Project, following departures of two other cities from the decades-long effort to bring drinking water to high-growth areas of…...
Farmers, ranchers cut back Colorado River water use while enduring one of the driest seasons on record
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (687+ words) Farmers, ranchers and other water users in four Western states, including Colorado, are cutting back on water use because of low flows through the Colorado River Basin." In the Upper Basin, officials are trying to emphasize the existing shortages that…...
Competing interests, controversial proposals debated during marathon Colorado River hearing
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (901+ words) DURANGO " State water officials debated a controversial proposal to use two powerful Colorado River water rights to help the environment, weighing competing interests from Front Range and Western Slope water managers. Almost 100 water professionals gathered in Durango this week for…...
Progress slows to a trickle during negotiations on how to manage Colorado River’s water
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (844+ words) Colorado River officials from upstream states, including Colorado, had no progress to report Wednesday on high-stakes negotiations about how the water supply for 40 million people will be managed after August 2026." Now, they are less than two months away from a…...