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Federal water managers recently discovered damage to plumbing inside the dam that holds back Lake Powell. Conservation groups are worried the damage at Glen Canyon Dam could lead to bigger issues for the Colorado River.
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A coalition of environmental groups has sent a proposal about managing the Colorado River to the government. The authors say it shouldn't compete with existing state plans, but instead make sure those state rules also consider the environment.
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A paper published Thursday gives, for the first time, a full accounting of where the Colorado River’s water goes. Lead author Brian Richter says the information can help guide ongoing negotiations on how to manage the river’s diminished water supplies in a future of drought and climate change.
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A Native American tribe that uses water from the Colorado River says it doesn't support a proposal from Arizona California, and Nevada for managing the river’s supply in the future. The Gila River Indian Community in Arizona is working on its own proposal.
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The states that use water from the Colorado River have proposed competing plans for managing the river.
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The federal government indicated its support on Tuesday for a plan hammered out by the Lower Basin states to conserve water in the Colorado River over the next three years. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports.
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The Colorado River is shrinking due to climate change and states that use it are at odds about how to share its water. They're on a deadline to submit a first draft of rules for managing the river next week, but they haven't agreed on just one proposal.
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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.