Tag Archive for: Colorado River Conservation

Six U.S. Senators Urge End to Federal Freeze of Colorado River Basin Funding

/in , /by /The Center Squareby Ian Hutchinson

Both U.S. senators from Arizona joined those from California and Nevada in a plea to end a federal freeze of $4 billion in water management and conservation for the Colorado River Basin and other Western areas in drought.

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Feds will Pay California Farmers Not to Use Colorado River Water

/in , /by /Las Vegas Review Journalby Alan Halaly

A key Colorado River conservation goal just got more realistic.

The Bureau of Reclamation approved an agreement this week that will keep 700,000 acre-feet of water in Lake Mead that would have been used by the Imperial Irrigation District, which uses more water from the river than any city or farming district in the West.

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