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 ...
How Trump is already adding to Colorado River water worries
Trump’s early actions, including ordering the US Army Corps of Engineers to open two California dams, have led to concerns ...
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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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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.
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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Feds blasted for not protecting infrastructure at Arizona's Glen Canyon dam
In a blistering letter, water officials in Arizona, California and Nevada recently took the federal government to task for failing to plan adequate measures to protect crucial ...
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The Prom of the Colorado River
His name is John Brooks Hamby, and he’s the vice chairman of the board of directors for the Colorado River’s largest single ...
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Utah conservationists fear the return of invasive Russian olive tree
A federal forest grant that conservationists rely on to fund monitoring and removal of the invasive and tenacious Russian ...
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Colorado River states stare down the ‘looming specter’ of a Supreme Court battle
States that use the Colorado River say they don't want to go to the Supreme Court, but some are quietly preparing for ...
Senate Democrats urge Trump administration to end Colorado River funding freeze
Senate Democrats from the U.S. West on Monday urged the Department of the Interior to end a funding freeze that could endanger the flow of the Colorado River. The lawmakers, from California, ...