California and six other states that use water from the Colorado River are nearing a 2026 deadline to come up with new rules for sharing shrinking supplies.

The Grand Ditch cuts a path along the Never Summer Mountains to deliver Colorado River water across the Continental Divide into Eastern Colorado on May 13, 2023, in Rocky Mountain National Park.

The law that divides the Colorado River between seven states is turning 100, ... RUNYON: Eric Kuhn walks on a gravel path above the river in Glenwood Springs, Colo.

Lower Colorado River Basin states plan to collectively – and temporarily – cut their water use by 3 million acre-feet by the end of 2026.

The Biden administration on Wednesday released a wide range of options for the long-term future of the Colorado River, which officials said "provides the framework for a realistic and fair path ...