Utah will pay millions for farmers to leave fields empty — and leave water for the Colorado River
Utah will give farmers an incentive to leave fields fallow — then hopes to get "credit" for the saved water, in negotiations ...
KUNC3d
Can new sprinklers save the Colorado River? This Utah program could be a blueprint for the West
A program in Utah is paying farmers to make their irrigation equipment more efficient, but researchers say it may not be saving as much water as it appears.
The Salt Lake Tribune1mon
A pitch to bring some of California’s Colorado River water to Utah might be gaining traction
Editor’s note • This article is published through the Colorado River Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative supported by the Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water, and Air ...
St George News8d
Muddy mission settlers conducted steamboat commerce on the Colorado River
Following a perilous three-month journey, John Wesley Powell’s exhausted crew reached the confluence of the Colorado and ...
Utah Public Radio6d
A turbulent year on the Colorado River comes to a close
As the year comes to a close, Donald Trump’s return to the White House poses a big question mark for those with a stake in ...
Post Independent Citizen Telegram4d
Frigid tradition: Colorado paddlers celebrate New Year’s Day 2025 on the river
From left are rafters Elisha McArthur and Julie Sutton, stand-up paddleboarder Gabe Kahn, and kayaker Alan Cammack. The ...
The Denver Post6d
Letters: Uinta oil transport threatens Colorado River
Hopefully, the Supreme Court will do what is best for the Colorado River, and not for Utah oil and gas barons looking to make the big bucks by allowing them to ignore the awful impacts of this scheme.
National Parks Traveler3d
Upper Colorado River Basin States Urge States To Plan For Increasing Demand, Decreasing Supply
The Upper Colorado River Commission has issued a statement advocating that every state in the Colorado River Basin works for ...
The Denver Post29d
Here’s why Colorado communities are opposing a proposed Utah railroad at the U.S. Supreme Court this week
Opponents of the 88-mile Uinta Basin Railway — led by Colorado’s Eagle County — successfully halted the Utah project when ... which follows the Colorado River for hundreds of miles.