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Utah could grab Colorado River water before it gets there, conservation group says
A water grab is taking shape in Utah, where thirsty urban development north of Salt Lake City has created demand where ...
Colorado snowpack, after a dry January, is near normal in north — and dismal in some places
A dry January across Colorado and the rest of the Rocky Mountain West has created a dichotomy of water haves and have-nots.
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The Colorado River System is At Risk From Climate Change
The Colorado River basin, which drains just under 250,000 square miles of land in the Western United States, is the tenth largest river system in North America as ranked by drainage area ...
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Colorado River’s “essential” conservation program, now lapsed, faces Trump spending freeze. Can lawmakers bring it back?
Congressional leaders from Colorado and other states in the drought-stricken river basin on Tuesday filed legislation that would restart the System Conservation Pilot Program. The bill — the ...
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The Colorado River Is Shrinking: What to Know
Erin Schaff/The New York Times So far the Colorado River states have missed a deadline for consensus on cuts sought by the Biden administration to avoid a catastrophic failure of the river system. Rea ...
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The Colorado River District was awarded up to $40 million to protect the Western Slope’s ‘top water priority.’ But will they get it under Trump?
Some of the oldest water rights on the Colorado River may finally belong to water users on the Western Slope if the Trump administration doesn’t stall the funding first. The U.S. Bureau of ...