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Climate change, cost and competition for water drive settlement over tribal rights to Colorado RiverThe Navajo Nation is closing in on a settlement that will put it on a path to piping water to the tens of thousands of tribal members in Arizona who still live without it.
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Scientists looked at tree rings to track changing temperatures going back to 1553 in a new study. They found the current Western megadrought is unlike any other dry period the region has experienced.
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The National Park Service is again offering anglers cash bonuses anglers to catch brown trout in the Colorado River between Glen Canyon Dam and the Paria River. The program helps manage the increasing population of the invasive fish.
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The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation released a draft plan Wednesday responding to the invasion of nonnative, predatory fish in the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam.
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A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate would stabilize electricity costs when hydropower facilities are forced to cut electricity because of drought.
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Winter is off to a dry start. Wide swaths of the Rocky Mountains have lower-than-average snow totals for this time of year, but scientists say there’s still plenty of time to end the “snow drought” and close the gap.
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A hundred years ago, before big dams constrained the Colorado River, boating was exciting and far less predictable. The Birdseye Expedition of 1923 experienced such excitement at Lava Falls — the monstrous class 10 rapid in Grand Canyon.
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The Biden-Harris administration today announced a major new investment in water conservation for the Colorado River system. Also, National Park Service officials have announced millions of dollars in supplemental disaster-related funds to address low water infrastructure projects at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
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Federal officials say that conditions have improved on the Colorado River to the point that a three-state plan to reduce water use should keep the river basin on stable footing for several years.
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The Bureau of Reclamation has released an early report about the future management of the Colorado River. The federal agency gathered more than 24,000 letters with input from water users across the region.