Colorado River

Southwest Life

Snowpack woes add pressure and urgency to sluggish Colorado River negotiations

Meadows in north Routt County were bare in spots Feb. 9 after a slow start to this winter's snowpack.cca A…

February 13, 2026

Regional News

Colorado River governors express cautious optimism after ‘historic’ D.C. meeting

Gov. Polis among participants in eleventh-hour gathering

February 2, 2026

Regional News

Governors of Colorado River states summoned to D.C. in hopes of breaking negotiations impasse

Polis plans to attend meeting

January 26, 2026

Southwest Life

Colorado River talks: States are still at odds but working toward a 5-year plan

The so-called “bathtub ring,” a deposit of pale minerals left behind where reservoir water levels once reached, is shown on…

January 23, 2026

Regional News

Colorado River negotiators stumble past federal deadline without joint agreement

states at table say they’ve made progress

November 13, 2025

Local News

Colorado River Program’s new director ‘cautiously hopeful’ about interstate negotiations

Hawkins practiced in tribal nation projects, conservation efforts

August 22, 2025

Regional News

Frozen federal funding halts water conservation projects in Colorado

Lawmakers sign bipartisan letter urging release of funds

August 6, 2025

Regional News

Report raises alarm on diminishing groundwater in the Colorado River Basin

losses beneath the surface are more than twice as severe as reservoir losses

June 23, 2025

Local News

Tribe can conserve Animas River water without paying Nighthorse maintenance fees

Contract sets terms for when and how much Ute Mountain Utes must pay

December 10, 2024

Regional News

Officials propose historic agreement to permanently include tribes in Colorado River matters

representatives from across the Colorado River Basin highlighted their main priorities this month. Being treated fairly was a big one

December 27, 2023

Regional News

Expect a messy compromise on the future of the Colorado River, negotiators say in Las Vegas

Representatives from each of the seven Colorado River Basin states said a long-term fix will likely be flawed and judged…

December 17, 2023

Regional News

Colorado River Basin states stake out positions on the future of Mead, Powell reservoirs

states continue to disagree on how to change the reservoirs’ operations, but they do agree that the current rules don’t…

August 23, 2023

Regional News

40 million people share the shrinking Colorado River. Here’s how that water gets divvied up

Everything you wanted to know about the Colorado River but were afraid to ask

August 15, 2023

Regional News

Lorelei Cloud is first-ever tribal member on Colorado’s top water board

Cloud, a Southern Ute tribal member, breaks down her ideas on water issues, basin tensions and possible collaborations

April 28, 2023

Regional News

Colorado legislature plans to form Colorado River task force

Legislative leadership are looking to a 15-member task force to recommend solutions

April 20, 2023

Regional News

What Colorado water officials think of the federal government’s proposed Colorado River cuts

water agencies say the onus is on Lower Basin states to carve a path forward

April 18, 2023

Nation & World

U.S. floats options to reduce water pulled from Colorado River

administration charts two paths forward but declines to take sides

April 12, 2023

Regional News

Colorado River Basin reservoirs still face grim outlook despite healthy snowpack

snow accumulation offers water officials a breather as they face the basin’s long-term drought

April 4, 2023

Local News

Food and water: A future that is one and the same

Efficient use is conservation, say farmers at Southwestern Water Conservation District’s annual seminar

April 3, 2023

Regional News

Lawmakers highlight harms of Utah oil train project again

Bennet, Neguse go to EPA about proposed Uinta Basin railway

March 29, 2023

Local News

Heavy snowfall a boon to cloud seeding in Southwest Colorado – until it isn’t

has received so much snow that operations have ceased

March 27, 2023

Regional News

Program to cut Colorado River water use shuffles forward

is a key strategy in the Upper Basin’s plan to conserve water and help replenish reservoirs and rivers in the…

March 22, 2023

Regional News

Feds want Supreme Court to end Navajo fight for Colorado River water

says it doesn't receive enough water, and the federal government is at fault

March 20, 2023

Regional News

Water conservation remains a huge concern in the West, annual Colorado College poll shows

State of the Rockies project’s 13th annual poll found that Coloradans and other western states are still on high alert…

February 16, 2023