New bill would give Utah’s ‘water agent’ more ‘behind-the-scenes’ power to negotiate outside the state
As Utah grows, it needs more water. An unelected official tasked with finding more water could get more powerful if this bill ...
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Utah could grab Colorado River water before it gets there, conservation group says
Now conservation groups are among the voices speculating that Utah could divert water from the Green River — the largest tributary of the Colorado River, providing about 40% of all the water ...
Colorado River ‘running out of time’ to improve lagging spring outlook, forecasters say
The mountains in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming saw a cluster of storms last month that aided their snowpack levels.
California, Arizona and Nevada all agree: The Trump administration needs to fix a key Colorado River dam
California, Arizona and Nevada are urging the Trump administration to change course on the Colorado River. The states are ...
With Utah water deal in place, Navajo Nation urges Congress to pass AZ deal
With the signing of a final decree in Utah, work can move forward on developing projects to deliver clean running water to ...
A New Plan to Flush Smallies Out of the Grand Canyon Seems to Be Working. Some Western Lawmakers Want to Squash It
A few Western lawmakers are trying to roll back a Biden-era strategy to control the spread of smallmouth bass in the Grand ...
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Some Colorado River states want a new federal review of water management plans
The Lower Basin states of California, Arizona and Nevada are asking for a fresh look at proposals for sharing the shrinking ...
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At odds over water cuts, Colorado River states still seek consensus as deadline nears
The Upper Colorado River Commission, representing Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, met virtually on Tuesday and heard projections from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation suggesting that current ...
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Utah braces for below-normal snowpack runoff
That's essentially what the National Weather Service's Colorado River Basin Forecast Center expects will happen this spring. Aside from some exceptions, it projects most of Utah's creeks ...
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At odds over water cuts, Colorado River states still seek consensus as deadline nears
The Upper Colorado River Commission, representing Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, met virtually on Tuesday and heard projections from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation suggesting that current ...