Agreements negotiated a century ago to share water on Western rivers among states are showing their age in a time of water scarcity.
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A Western scholar proposes allocating water from the Colorado River based on percentages of its actual flow instead of fixed amounts that exceed what’s there – and including tribes this time.
A long-expected federal drought declaration underlines how serious the Colorado River water shortage has become for Western states.
Record heat and low rainfall are drying up water sources shared by the American Southwest and northern Mexico.
The Supreme Court recently dealt defeat to Florida in its 20-year legal battle with Georgia over river water. Other interstate water contests loom, but there are no sure winners in these lawsuits.
Western states adopted a 7-year plan in May 2019 to manage low water levels in the Colorado River. Now they need to look farther ahead and accept that there will be less water far into the future.
The Grand Canyon, which marks 100 years as a national park on Feb. 26, 2019, is known today as an iconic natural wonder. But early European visitors weren’t impressed.
Taking millions of gallons of water permanently out of the Colorado River amid a prolonged drought would surely start an interstate fight.
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a Native American scholar explains why water means more than just sustenance for life and how it’s the place of the divine.
Historically, indigenous peoples used the natural seasonal cycles of weather, plants and animals as part of their religious calendar. What will be the impact of climate change on their practices?
The Colorado River supplies water to millions of people and irrigates thousands of miles of farmland. New research warns that climate change is likely to magnify droughts in the Colorado Basin.
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Regents Professor Emeritus and Morris K. Udall Professor of Law & Public Policy Emeritus, University of Arizona
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Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Utah
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Senior Research Scientist, Colorado Water Institute, Colorado State University
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Professor of Environmental Science and Director, Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona
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Archivist, Water Resources Archive, Colorado State University
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Director of the Kyl Center for Water Policy, ASU Morrison Institute for Public Policy, Arizona State University
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Senior Research Associate and Director, Western Water Policy Program, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of History, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Professor of Practice in Water Policy and Governance and Director, Water Resources Program, University of New Mexico
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Professor of Law, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Political Science, Colorado State University
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Research Professor of Environmental Policy, University of Arizona
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Associate Professor of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Environmental Management and Systems Engineering, George Washington University
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Distinguished Scholar, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Affiliate Faculty, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau