Story first appeared in: OLNEY SPRINGS — From satellite view, the land north of the Arkansas River is a seemingly random checkerboard of vital green and desperate brown, quickly fading from a…
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After waiting a decade, Texas will make its case for Rio Grande water to the Supreme Court
Water law winds its way slowly through the U.S. legal system, and then often all at once. On Wednesday, justices will evaluate the arguments from officials in New Mexico, Texas and Colorado…
Cost to water crops could nearly quadruple as San Luis Valley fends off climate change, fights with Texas and New Mexico
Hundreds of growers in Colorado’s San Luis Valley could see their water costs nearly quadruple under a new plan designed to slash agricultural water use in the drought-strapped region and deflect a…
Colorado lawmakers will push even harder in 2024 to replace lawns. Here are the other water bills on tap.
Colorado lawmakers will be asked to weigh in on more than a half-dozen proposed water bills this year that will likely include support for improving the water quality in Grand Lake, significant…