Tag: Upper Colorado River Commission
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Interior Department unveils $450 million funding boost for Upper Colorado River Basin
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The U.S. Department of the Interior announced new funding that the agency said would support ecosystem and habitat restoration in the Upper Colorado River Basin. The initiative, whose funding came from the Inflation Reduction Act and follows earlier investments in water conservation and environmental benefits,…
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Colorado River states face new deadline on water usage reductions
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Another deadline to establish major cutbacks in water use in the seven-state Colorado River Basin is quickly approaching, as the states continue talks, as ordered by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Last summer Reclamation Commissioner Camille Touton ordered the states to figure out how to…
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Polis moves to revamp team dealing with Colorado River drought crisis
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Under pressure to protect the state’s dwindling supply of Colorado River water from other states with more political clout, Colorado is reshuffling its river leadership team and asking lawmakers to approve $1.9 million in funding for a new policy and technology task force on river…