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Drought conditions exacerbated by climate change is forcing tough choices for the water-starved regions of southwest Colorado, where farmers count on irrigated lands for farming and industry.
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After another long, dry summer across the West, reservoirs in the region remain at record-low levels. It will take years of wet winters to climb out of drought, and La Niña conditions mean this winter is unlikely to bring one.
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Drought in the West took a national stage as water leaders from seven states and two tribes testified in the U.S. House. They pushed for collaboration as supplies dwindle.
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A 4-Corners Trip is a study in contrast and contradiction.
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In an effort to prop up water levels at the declining Lake Powell, federal water managers are negatively impacting recreation on Colorado’s biggest man-made lake. That’s the message from Colorado water managers and marina operators at Blue Mesa Reservoir in Gunnison County.
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Federal officials declared a first-ever water shortage for the lower Colorado River, triggering mandatory cutbacks for some users.
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The Colorado River through the national park holds lessons for managing an essential and diminishing resource in a rapidly warming climate.
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Hay and corn production is down, and the Ute Mountain Ute Farm & Ranch Enterprise had to let go 50% of its employees, half of whom are tribal members who live in Towaoc, the tribe's headquarters and main town on their reservation.
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Seven years ago, a pulse of water on the Colorado River at the U.S.-Mexico border temporarily reconnected it to the Pacific Ocean. Scientists used the so-called “pulse flow” to study what plant and animal life returned to the desiccated delta along with water.
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The nation’s second-largest reservoir, Lake Powell, is now at its lowest point since it filled in the 1960s.