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'No good news': Colorado River forecast gets historically bad
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (451+ words) A federal hydrologist appeared to be momentarily at a loss for words Thursday as he described how dire the latest forecast has gotten for how much water will flow through the Colorado River Basin this summer. "Really no good news…...
The driest year revisited: Five takeaways from 2002 for today's Colorado River
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1247+ words) The Colorado River basin has been here before. This year's historic winter of low snow might feel novel. But recent years give some insight into just how dry the West's most important river system can get. This season's scant snowpack…...
Interior Department starts emergency drought measures to prop up Lake Powell
1+ week, 6+ day ago (501+ words) Reading Time: 2 minutes, 8 seconds A desperate operation to save one of the Colorado River basin's most important reservoirs is underway. Again. Widespread drought and fears of a power crisis are forcing the Interior Department to start sending billions of gallons…...
Arizona water department secures law firm for potential Colorado River legal fights
2+ week, 1+ day ago (177+ words) Reading Time: 0 minutes, 43 seconds The Arizona Department of Water Resources is gearing up for a legal fight over Colorado River negotiations and has hired a law firm to represent the state. Arizona is among seven states negotiating for its future…...
River access in Colorado has been contentious for a half century. Legislators are still stymied.
4+ week, 14+ hour ago (183+ words) A river access advocacy group is splintered. Landowners are organized to protect a decades-old "float but don't touch" decree. And lawmakers, halfway through the legislative session, have yet to take up any bill that would change that state's murky rules…...
'Stop treating it as a joke': As Colorado demolishes heat records this week, scientists say the influence of climate change hard to ignore
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1617+ words) Reading Time: 7 minutes, 17 seconds As melting snow dripped from the roof of the Vail Pass Rest Center on Wednesday, March 18, Kevin Walsh and Sam Dees pulled off their sopping wet boots and felt the sun-warmed cement under their bare feet....
Colorado River negotiations resume with focus on stopgap measure in face of worsening hydrology
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (464+ words) Critical negotiations about the future of the Colorado River took a two week hiatus last month after the seven states in the basin missed a key Valentine's Day deadline for striking a deal, New Mexico's water negotiator said Thursday. Estevan…...
Top Arizona lawmaker says he's complied with a subpoena for 2020 election records
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (135+ words) Arizona's state Senate president says he has complied with a subpoena he received last week seeking records from a flawed review of the 2020 election in Maricopa County. "Late last week I received and complied with a federal grand jury subpoena…...
States blast feds playbook of potential Colorado River options
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (540+ words) The sluggish Colorado River negotiations have entered a new phase: Long and fiery letter writing. Politicians, water negotiators and environmental groups recently submitted hundreds of pages of comments on the Interior Department's playbook for how to manage the waterway. There…...
Colorado River states fail to meet water deadline during 'extremely frustrating' negotiations
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (637+ words) States that use the Colorado River failed to meet a deadline for new guidelines about sharing its water. The river is getting drier due to climate change, and states have been stuck at an impasse in negotiations for nearly two…...