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The latest publication from the Center for Colorado River Studies looks back at the 2024 runoff season (mid-April to early July), observing that the basin netted only a modest bump in storage of 2.5 maf, a significant volume but much lower than the unusually wet 2023 season. However, combined with...

The Colorado River Research Group (CRRG), founded and again chaired by the GWC鈥檚 Doug Kenney, resumed activities this Spring, headlined by the publication in May of its latest policy brief entitled: Imagining the River We Deserve: How the Post-2026 Rulemaking is Only One Step Towards Sustainability . In a nutshell,...

Water, it is safe to say, is of the moment. Safer yet, the drought-stricken Colorado River is center stage. Seemingly overnight, the water beat has transcended from dusty backroads and Southwestern capitols to the front page of mainstream media outlets. Giving rise to that newfound coverage are the conferences and...

The Getches-Wilkinson Center just wrapped up the 44 th Annual Colorado Law Conference on Natural Resources, which has held at the law school on June 6-7, 2024. This year, the conference once again focused on management of the Colorado River watershed, and GWC was honored to co-convene this important conversation...

New research from a team at the University of Wyoming (including the CRRG鈥檚 Kristi Hansen) suggests that flood irrigation in shallow alluvial aquifers can have significant economic benefits in the Upper Green by creating return flow regimes benefitting the brown trout sport fishing economy. The work highlights the complicated site-specific...

The Getches-Wilkinson Center and Water & Tribes Initiative will be co-convening the 2024 Conference on the Colorado River on Thurs, June 6th and Fri, June 7th at the Wolf Law Building in Boulder, CO. Next Chapters on the Colorado River: Short-Term Coping, Post-2026 Operations, and Beyond For many years, full...

Yesterday was a triumphant day for the State of Colorado because House Bill 1379 (HB1379) was signed into law by Governor Polis. HB 1379 was designed to respond to the Sackett v. EPA decision last May and provides regulatory protections for Colorado鈥檚 state waters and wetlands. The signing took place...

The GWC in 2024 is working to revitalize the Colorado River Research Group (CRRG), a group of prominent academics and close colleagues offering an 鈥渋ndependent, scientific voice鈥� on key Colorado River issues. The CRRG was formed in 2014, and has produced policy briefs on many salient subjects, including basin hydrology...

On May 15, 2024, GWC鈥檚 Director of the Western Water Policy Program, Doug Kenney, and Professor and GWC Board Chair, Mark Squillace, met with a delegation from Egypt to discuss Egypt鈥檚 ongoing struggle to reach an agreement with Ethiopia and Sudan over the management of the Blue Nile River. (The...

On May 6 th , 2024 the Colorado Legislature passed HB24-1379 鈥� a bill designed to protect the wetlands and streams at risk after the U.S. Supreme Court鈥檚 ruling in Sackett v. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). The passage of the house bill saw overwhelming support from the regulated community, environmentalists,...