Douglas County Commissioners to head to San Luis Valley for water export meetings
Douglas County Commissioners will travel to Colorado’s San Luis Valley to hear public opinions on exporting farm water to the Front Range.
Cash for Grass: Colorado to pay for turf removal, boost water conservation
Colorado has a new turf replacement program that will finance residential areas to switch their yards to more water efficient landscaping.
‘This system cannot be sustained’
This year, tribal nations enter negotiations over Colorado River water.
Who should pay for water conservation in the West? Water managers wade into discussion
The head of the Colorado River District says any funding must be channeled through the Colorado Water Conservation Board to prevent speculation by private buyers.
Garfield County to lease its Ruedi Reservoir water to help endangered fish in Colorado...
The move is meant to help humpback chub, bonytail, razorback sucker and Colorado pikeminnow in an often-depleted section of the Colorado River.
Colorado places 9th in national water conservation ranking
A new ranking shows Colorado in ninth place nationwide for its water-saving laws and policies, and in fourth place among states in the Colorado River Basin.
Tribal water talks
With growing water shortages on the Colorado River, tribal communities are demanding a bigger role in river management and access to water they legally own but have never actually...
Can we save the San Joaquin’s salmon?
The upstream effort to restore a river and its fish.
Study finds small number of jobs lost under demand-management program
A recent study of a Colorado demand-management program found that the benefits would be comparable to the negative secondary impacts.
As 2020 kicks in, historic Colorado River Drought Plan will get its first test
This year, the first-ever Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan is set to launch, and water officials expect 2020 to bring unprecedented changes to the way the river is run, including cutbacks in water use by some states.