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Amid 19-Year Drought, States Sign Deal to Conserve Colorado River Water
The water is saved, for now....
US official declares drought plan done for Colorado River
Seven states that rely on a major waterway in the U.S. West have finished a yearslong effort to create a plan to protect the Colorado River amid a prolonged drought, the federal government declared Tuesday....
Western drought deal is a go, without IID and as Salton Sea clean-up remains stalled
It's done. The Colorado River Board of California voted 8-1-1 Monday to sign on to a multi-state drought contingency plan, which, somewhat ironically, might not be needed for two years because of an exceptionally wet winter....
Outlook improves for Colorado River reservoirs, but a drought deal is still in the works
Winter storms have covered the Rocky Mountains with snow from Wyoming to northern New Mexico, leaving a bounty of runoff that should boost the levels of the Colorado River’s depleted reservoirs this spring and summer....
Wet winter likely to keep Colorado River out of shortage next year
For the moment, Mother Nature is smiling on the Colorado River....