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AZ Central
OPINION: Here's the big problem with that March 19 drought plan deadlineArizona and other Colorado River basin states are darned if they comment and darned if they don't.
Desert Sun
Water wars: Imperial Valley is being cut out of western US drought planThe Imperial Irrigation District is being written out of a massive, multi-state Colorado River drought plan at the eleventh hour.
Capitol Media
The $20M for Pinal County farmers, killed in House, is revived in SenateRebuffed by a House panel, a Globe lawmaker convinced a Senate committee Tuesday that Pinal County farmers should get $20 million more to help drill new wells to replace Colorado River water they...
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Colorado River states urge California to OK drought planCalifornia is now the lone holdout on an emergency drought plan for the Colorado River,and the other river states are turning up the heat to get the deal done.
Capitol Media
With no drought contingency plan approved, official turns to governorsWith another deadline missed Monday, the head of the Bureau of Reclamation is now looking for the governors in the states in the Colorado River basin to tell her what they think she should do to...
Phoenix New Times
Will Arizona Blow Another Deadline for the Colorado River Drought Plan?All is normal in the ever-fluid world of Southwest water politics: Arizona is poised to miss another federal deadline for finishing its Colorado River drought plan, and the potential consequences...
AZ Central
SRP releases water into normally dry Salt River as reservoirs fill from snow meltSalt River Project began releasing water from two reservoirs on the Verde River in recent days, sending water flowing into the normally dry Salt River bed in the Phoenix area.
Associated Press
Plan to Protect Colorado River Still Isn't Done. Now What?Another federal deadline passed Monday for seven states in the U.S. West to wrap up work on a plan to ensure the drought-stricken Colorado River can deliver water to the 40 million people and farms...
Palm Springs Desert Sun
Feds say Salton Sea won't be adversely impacted by multi-state drought plan; IID can join when it choosesDays after Imperial Irrigation District officials said there had been a breakthrough in their negotiations with federal officials to commit to the restoration of the Salton Sea in a mammoth...
Desert Sun
California, Arizona win a few more weeks, sort of, from feds on Colorado River drought planBureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman will move forward with officially seeking input from the governors of seven Western states on Monday on how to address critically low levels on the...
