Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has invited all seven Colorado River Basin governors and their negotiators to meet in Washington D.C. next Friday as states approach a federal deadline to reach a ...

Two months after the seven states of the Colorado River basin failed to reach consensus on managing the waterway, the U.S.

Earlier this month, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the federal agency that oversees water in the West, released five options for a framework on managing the river’s biggest reservoirs, Lake Mead in ...

With the seven basin states locked in a stalemate over Colorado River negotiations, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation released ...

The states want to reach consensus on operations of the depleting Colorado River instead of having the federal government ...

A draft environmental impact statement by the Bureau of Reclamation outlines post-2026 Colorado River dam operations, ...

As Lake Powell and Lake Mead near critical elevations, federal planners face narrowing operational options that could reshape ...

Water forecasts for the Colorado River are grim going into 2026 as several bad trends are converging. Snowpack, soil moisture and warm temperatures are combining, and the result could be less water ...