Author: Eugene Buchanan
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Native American tribes push for seat at Colorado water negotiations
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Tribal leaders are pushing for a seat at the negotiating table, where allocation and management of the Colorado River will be determined. The representatives from tribal nations joined a panel discussion called “Colorado River: The Emerging Role of Tribes in the 2026 Negotiations,” moderated by the Nature Conservancy’s Western Colorado Water Project Director Celene Hawkins,…
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Water Power Struggle: Upper basin states allege downstream ‘overuse’
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Colorado’s water experts expressed long-held worries about allocation among the Upper and Lower Basin states in this week’s Water Congress that is well underway in Steamboat Springs, notably fears of over-allocation of the river that some 40 million people and farming operations rely on. Upper Colorado River Commission member Becky Mitchell echoed people’s sentiments —…
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Gov. Polis unveils new Colorado River information hub at annual Water Congress
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis opened the 2025 Summer Colorado Water Congress Conference at the Steamboat Grand Hotel by unveiling a new information site and leading a panel on federal water funding and wildfire impacts. Speaking to a packed Grand Ballroom, Polis was joined by U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse and U.S. Sens. John Hickenlooper and Michael…
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Water conservation takes center stage at 2025 Colorado Water Congress in Steamboat Springs
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As the Lee Fire tears through more than 137,000 drought-parched acres in northwest Colorado — now the fifth largest wildfire in state history — hundreds of water experts and policymakers gathered just miles away in Steamboat Springs for the 2025 Summer Colorado Water Congress Conference “It’s a great turnout this year,” said the Water Congress’s…
