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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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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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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is pushing for solutions to the West’s long-term drought and its impacts on farmers and ranchers.
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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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Raising sheep is a way of life for many people on the Navajo Nation, but a host of factors threaten that livelihood. Still, many Navajo shepherds say they will keep their sheep as long as they can and some younger people are finding ways to pass on the tradition.
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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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California has ended its water year with above average rain and snow, making it one of the wettest years in recorded state history.