Colorado snowpack, after a dry January, is near normal in north — and dismal in some places
A dry January across Colorado and the rest of the Rocky Mountain West has created a dichotomy of water haves and have-nots.
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Recent snowstorm brought relief to Colorado’s snowpack, but warmer temps this weekend bring a break from winter
Despite the recent snow storm, signs of spring are making their way to Colorado this weekend, bringing warmer temperatures ...
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Despite winter storms, water managers remain concerned about Colorado River supply
Recent winter storms helped boost mountain snowpack in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico. But water managers in the West ...
At odds over water cuts, Colorado River states still seek consensus as deadline nears
The Rocky Mountain states say they don't have water to give. The Southwest says it can't save the Colorado River on its own.
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Colorado River water managers in the Upper Basin want monthly drought meetings with feds
Water managers are preparing for another potentially lackluster runoff this year in the Colorado River Basin. At a meeting ...
Colorado River negotiators express urgency, uncertainty as deadline nears
Lead negotiators from the Colorado River’s Upper Basin states expressed a dual sense of uncertainty and urgency on Tuesday, ...
Dry winter leaves little snow to melt, but SRP says its water supplies are in good shape
Salt River Project hydrologists usually traipse into the high country to measure snow this time of year. The problem is, ...
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With snow up to 50 inches in areas, Colorado’s latest storm cycle brought snowpack above normal in the northern mountains
Since Valentine’s Day, several storms have brought six straight powder days and up to 50 inches of snow to some Colorado ski ...
Water crisis in West still looms as Lakes Mead and Powell only 35% full
This year's storms won't erase looming drought worries across the entire southwestern U.S., experts fear. Of particular ...
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At odds over water cuts, Colorado River states still seek consensus as deadline nears
The Colorado River's Upper Basin states have held the position that ... the upstream states have argued that they already suffer outsize losses in dry years because they have no such massive ...