Desperate in failing Colorado River negotiations, Wyoming water officials pitch conservation bill at home

Desperate in failing Colorado River negotiations, Wyoming water officials pitch conservation bill at home

Wyoming water officials are desperately hoping to avoid a federal intervention into the high-stakes deadlock among Colorado River stakeholders seeking a compromise on shared water appropriation cuts.  Wyoming and the six other Colorado River basin states blew through another deadline Saturday to come to an agreement, raising the possibility that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will dictate a new drought response plan — a situation that could dash…

Deadlocked Colorado River Compact negotiations continue

BOR releases range of solutions: “Our perspective is that none of them make sense…” By Katherine Nettles In addition to preparing for drought conditions after a dry winter so far, local water experts are also bracing for continued challenges in Colorado River Basin water management and preparing comments on federally proposed solutions released last month. …