As Colorado River Outlook Worsens, Western Water Users Seek $2 Billion in Federal Aid

Dozens of communities and environmental groups in the Colorado River Basin are asking Congress for $2 billion to endure what they’re calling “one of the most challenging hydrologic years in more than a century of recordkeeping.”

Celene Hawkins, who leads the Nature Conservancy’s Colorado River program, said Friday the money could help with a wide range of projects to respond to the drought.