Department of the Interior Announces the Post-2026 Alternatives for Colorado River Operations

On November 20, 2024, the Department released five proposed alternatives that will be analyzed as part of the Post-2026 Operations for the Colorado River. These alternatives represent a wide range of actions that respond to a broad spectrum of hydrology for the Colorado River Basin and reflect elements from proposals submitted by Basin states, Tribes, cooperating agencies and non-governmental organizations, as well …

Science Be Dammed Book Club

Join Staff Engineer, Lily Bosworth for a book club discussion on ‘Science Be Dammed’ with the Great Salt Lake Collaborative and Weber County Library. Wednesday, July 17 @ 7 pm at the Main Library in Ogden Book copies are available for checkout. Find more information here: https://weberpl.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=77643

In the News: Water shortage declared on the Colorado, triggering cuts to Arizona, Nevada and Mexico

For the first time, some users of Colorado River water will not get their promised deliveries after a shortage was officially declared in response to drought-depleted flows on the over-allocated river that furnishes water to 35 million Westerners. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on Monday announced the cuts totaling 613,000 acre-feet, which will be borne mostly by Arizona growers, citing …