From the 2018 Tribal Water Study, this graphic shows the location of the 29 federally-recognized tribes in the Colorado River Basin. Map credit:
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Sign at a boat ramp on Lake Mead, near Boulder City, Nevada, Aug. 13, 2021. The lake currently is roughly two-thirds empty. AP Photo/John
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Aerial photo – Central Arizona Project. Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=326265 From The Arizona Daily Star (Tony
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Members of the Colorado River Commission, in Santa Fe in 1922, after signing the Colorado River Compact. From left, W. S. Norviel (Arizona), Delph E.
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Hoover Dam, straddling the border between Nevada and Arizona, holds back the waters of the Colorado River in Lake Mead. In 2016, Lake Mead declined
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One of Lake Mead’s spillways the last time water lapped at the top of the spillway was 1999. From The Arizona Republic (Ian James): Unrelenting
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Horseshoe Bend. From KUNC (Luke Runyon and Lexi Perry): A showdown is looming on the Colorado River. The river’s existing management guidelines are
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This map shows the location of test holes Homestake Partners plans to drill as part of its geotechnical investigation into the feasibility of a dam
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Gunnison River Basin. By Shannon1 – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69257550 From The Crested Butte News
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In a photo from 2020, a distinct line around the rocky shore shows how much the water level has decreased in Nevada’s Lake Mead. Photo credit:
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From Qatium.com (Will Sarni): “If climate change is the shark, then water is the teeth.” This catchy saying has gained traction over the past
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The All American Canal diverts water from the Lower Colorado River to irrigate crops in California’s Imperial Valley and supply 9 cities. Graphic
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#LakePowell is seen in a November 2019 aerial photo from the nonprofit EcoFlight. Keeping enough water in the reservoir to support downstream users
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From The High Country News (Nick Bowlin) [February 24, 2021]: Water availability is going from bad to worse in the seven states that rely on the
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At full pool, Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the United States by volume, but two decades of drought have dramatically dropped the water level