Federal Colorado River Managers Will Impose a 10-Year Plan, Requiring State Negotiations Every 2 Years

Latest Colorado River proposal is disappointing, some officials say. Here’s why.

BOULDER — When a panel moderator at a Colorado River conference in Boulder asked Friday for any positive notes in the negotiations over the river’s future, officials from Colorado, Nevada and Mexico paused — and then paused some more. “You know it might be like, you get invited to someone’s home and you sit down, and dinner is not ready because there’s an argument going on in the family,” said Carlos de la Parra, founder and managing partner of …

Feds Will Soon Impose New Framework on Colorado River if States Can’t Agree How to Manage It

Amid the river’s worst water year on record and deadlocked negotiations over its future, the Bureau of Reclamation announced it will impose a new 10-year management plan if the states relying on the river don’t come to an agreement.By Wyatt MyskowBOULDER, Colo.—The federal government will impose a 10-year operating framework for managing water use in the Colorado River Basin by the end of this summer if the seven states that rely on the river ca…

Feds say new Colorado River plan will be short-term

BOULDER, Colo. – Federal officials announced on Thursday that they plan on using a shorter-term framework for future Colorado River management so they can be more responsive to changing conditions and reservoir levels. Acting Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Scott Cameron said at an annual conference on water policy that the agency will be using a 10-year framework, issuing new operational guidelines every two years. In the absence…

Federal Colorado River managers will impose a 10-year plan, requiring state negotiations every 2 years

Lacking agreement from the seven Colorado River states, federal managers of the critical waterway are planning to implement a framework for its future that will require a renegotiation every two years as the basin faces unprecedented water supply uncertainty.Scott Cameron, the acting commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, outlined the concept Thursday afternoon at an annual conference for Colorado River professionals hosted by the Unive…

The feds make an offer to states on the Colorado River

The head of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is making a proposal to the seven states along the Colorado River in the absence of a consensus deal."I am heartened by the fact that they are literally still at the table and interested in talking. At the same time we have a schedule at the federal government," acting Commissioner Scott Cameron said in an interview with FOX 13 News (a member of the Colorado River Collaborative).The Bureau of Reclamatio…

Federal Government to Impose Colorado River Management Plan as Seven States Fail to Reach Agreement

The federal government is preparing to step in with its own 10-year management framework for the Colorado River if the seven states that depend on this critical water source cannot reach an agreement by summer’s end. Scott Cameron, acting commissioner for the Bureau of Reclamation, announced the ultimatum at a water conference in Boulder, Colorado. The Colorado River Basin is experiencing its worst water year on record, intensifying pressure on …