The effort shows that upper-basin water managers are willing to do their part to prevent the system from crashing, but that part is small compared with the cuts they say are needed in the lower basin.| Aspen Journalism
Upper Colorado River Basin water conservation program comes with concerns and challenges about price, efficacy and grower attitudes.| Aspen Journalism
After years of studying and experimenting with pilot programs, the future of Colorado River management will almost certainly include a permanent water conservation program for the Upper Basin states.| Aspen Journalism
Seventeen projects in western Colorado aimed at drought and the environment are on pause after the Trump administration paused federal IRA money.| Aspen Journalism
A state work group has not reached a consensus about what Colorado should do to prevent investors from profiting off of speculating on the state’s water.| Aspen Journalism
This system, used widely in the western United States, creates an opening for investors who see water as an increasingly valuable commodity in a water-short future, driven by climate change.| Aspen Journalism
Officials from Colorado laid out the proposal, which they are calling a supply-driven approach, that sets the amount of water released from Lake Powell.| Aspen Journalism
