Three big ideas to rescue the over-burdened and declining river, but are states and water users ready for them?
Brad Udall
Reinterpreting the Colorado River Compact
Relics of construction of Glen Canyon Dam have been exposed by receding waters of Lake Powell. Also exposed have been weaknesses of the 1922 compact governing allocations. Can this document be modified to recognize 21st century realities?
Reckoning time on the Colorado River (and its tributaries)
Climate change was talked about before, but not with the same alarm as this year at an annual water meeting, a reflection of what is happening on the ground
The big slide on the Colorado River likely far from over
Declining Colorado River flows and no new normal yet say Udall and Fleck, dry soils in the Yampa River Basin, new water advisors in Colorado state government.
It’s not drought, but what do we call it?
Drought, as we understand the word, doesn’t explain the diminished Colorado River flows. But what word better describes this steady disappointment in snowpack?
