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Campgrounds and visitor centers at federal lakes are closing amid Trump's budget cuts

Read full article: Campgrounds and visitor centers at federal lakes are closing amid Trump's budget cuts

Campgrounds, boat ramps and other facilities in at least 30 locations at federal lakes and reservoirs in six states will be closed or have their hours curtailed as of mid-May.

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Feds outline 'necessary steps' for Colorado River agreement by 2026 but no recommendation yet

Read full article: Feds outline 'necessary steps' for Colorado River agreement by 2026 but no recommendation yet

Federal water officials have made public what they call “necessary steps” for the seven states and multiple tribes that rely on the Colorado River to meet an August 2026 deadline for deciding how to manage the waterway in the future.

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Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will lose same amount of Colorado River water next year as in 2024

Read full article: Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will lose same amount of Colorado River water next year as in 2024

Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will continue to live with less water next year from the Colorado River after the U.S. government Thursday announced water cuts preserving the status quo.

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As Colorado River states await water cuts, they struggle to find agreement on longer-term plans

Read full article: As Colorado River states await water cuts, they struggle to find agreement on longer-term plans

The federal government is expected to announce water cuts soon that would affect some of the 40 million people reliant on the Colorado River.

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Western states will not lose as much Colorado River water in 2024, despite long-term challenges

Read full article: Western states will not lose as much Colorado River water in 2024, despite long-term challenges

Federal officials said Tuesday they will ease water cuts for Western states reliant on the Colorado River next year.

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Half of US West out of drought, but not fully recovered

Read full article: Half of US West out of drought, but not fully recovered

Scientists say nearly half of the American West has emerged from drought following a winter marked by heavy snow and several massive rainstorms.

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What might cuts to dwindling Colorado River mean for states?

Read full article: What might cuts to dwindling Colorado River mean for states?

The Biden administration floated two ideas this week for how Western states and Native American tribes could reduce their water use from the dwindling Colorado River.

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California releases its own plan for Colorado River cuts

Read full article: California releases its own plan for Colorado River cuts

California has released a plan outlining how it thinks states should reduce their reliance on the Colorado River.

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California is lone holdout in Colorado River cuts proposal

Read full article: California is lone holdout in Colorado River cuts proposal

Six Western states that rely on water from the Colorado River have agreed on a model to dramatically cut water use in the basin.

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Colorado River water users convening amid crisis concerns

Read full article: Colorado River water users convening amid crisis concerns

Living with less water in the U.S. Southwest is the focus this week for a conference in Las Vegas about the drought-stricken and overpromised Colorado River.

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Divers find bone believed to be human at receding Lake Mead

Read full article: Divers find bone believed to be human at receding Lake Mead

Divers have found more human remains at drought-stricken Lake Mead near Las Vegas.

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Grown kids recall Vegas dad whose bones ID'd from Lake Mead

Read full article: Grown kids recall Vegas dad whose bones ID'd from Lake Mead

The identification of bones found in May on the receding shoreline of Lake Mead has resurfaced family memories of a 42-year-old Las Vegas father believed to have drowned 20 years ago.

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Arizona absorbs highest cuts from Lake Mead drought

Read full article: Arizona absorbs highest cuts from Lake Mead drought

A once-in-a-lifetime drought in the West continues to impact the Colorado River by dropping water levels at an extraordinary rate. This has a huge impact on the nation’s largest reservoirs -- Lake Mead and Lake Powell.

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How new Colorado River cuts will impact states, residents

Read full article: How new Colorado River cuts will impact states, residents

People in Arizona and Nevada won’t face bans on watering their lawns or washing their cars despite more Colorado River water shortages.

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Body near Lake Mead swimming site 3rd to surface since May

Read full article: Body near Lake Mead swimming site 3rd to surface since May

Authorities say another body has surfaced at Lake Mead — this time in a swimming area where water levels have dropped as the Colorado River reservoir recedes because of drought and climate change.

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NASA releases new images of historic Lake Mead drought

Read full article: NASA releases new images of historic Lake Mead drought

NASA recently released new photos that show the drastic water levels of Lake Mead.

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World War II-era boat emerges from shrinking Lake Mead

Read full article: World War II-era boat emerges from shrinking Lake Mead

A sunken boat dating back to World War II is the latest object to emerge from a shrinking reservoir that straddles Nevada and Arizona.

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Watery graves recall early Las Vegas’ organized crime days

Read full article: Watery graves recall early Las Vegas’ organized crime days

Stories about long-departed Las Vegas organized crime figures are surfacing after a second set of unidentified human remains were revealed as the water level falls on drought-stricken Lake Mead.

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Bodies surfacing in Lake Mead recall mob's time in Las Vegas

Read full article: Bodies surfacing in Lake Mead recall mob's time in Las Vegas

Lake Mead is receding and Sin City is awash with mob lore after a second set of human remains emerged within a week from the depths of the drought-stricken Colorado River reservoir just a short drive from the Las Vegas Strip.

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US to hold back Lake Powell water to protect hydropower

Read full article: US to hold back Lake Powell water to protect hydropower

Federal water officials have announced that they will keep hundreds of billions of gallons of Colorado River water inside Lake Powell instead of letting it flow downstream to southwestern states and Mexico.

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Cops: Body in barrel in Lake Mead was man who had been shot

Read full article: Cops: Body in barrel in Lake Mead was man who had been shot

Las Vegas police believe a body found inside a barrel in the newly exposed bottom of Lake Mead was that of a man who had been shot.

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Body in barrel exposed as level of Nevada's Lake Mead drops

Read full article: Body in barrel exposed as level of Nevada's Lake Mead drops

A body inside a barrel was found over the weekend on the newly exposed bottom of Nevada’s Lake Mead as drought depletes of the largest U.S. reservoirs.

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Vegas water intake now visible at drought-stricken Lake Mead

Read full article: Vegas water intake now visible at drought-stricken Lake Mead

The water supply for Las Vegas has marked a milestone, with a water intake breaking the surface of drought-depleted Lake Mead and the activation of a new pumping facility to draw water from deeper in the crucial Colorado River reservoir.

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States volunteer to take more cuts in Colorado River water

Read full article: States volunteer to take more cuts in Colorado River water

Water leaders in California, Arizona and Nevada have signed an agreement to further reduce their take of Colorado River water to help stave off wider, mandatory cuts in the future.

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US projections on drought-hit Colorado River grow more dire

Read full article: US projections on drought-hit Colorado River grow more dire

The U.S. government has released projections that indicate an even more troubling outlook for a river that serves 40 million people in the American West.

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Bill aims to spend billions to fix nation's aging dams

Read full article: Bill aims to spend billions to fix nation's aging dams

Lawmakers in Congress have introduced a bill that would pump tens of billions of dollars into fixing and upgrading the country's dams.

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Tribe becomes key water player with drought aid to Arizona

Read full article: Tribe becomes key water player with drought aid to Arizona

A key Colorado River reservoir is at its lowest level since it was filled in the 1930s.

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Las Vegas pushes land swap to balance growth, conservation

Read full article: Las Vegas pushes land swap to balance growth, conservation

Cities in the U.S. West are preparing for considerable growth in the coming decades despite a historic drought and shrinking water supplies.

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Key reservoir on Colorado River hits record low amid drought

Read full article: Key reservoir on Colorado River hits record low amid drought

A key reservoir on the Colorado River is shrinking to record low levels, prompting concerns throughout the drought-stricken U.S. West about future water supply.

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US West prepares for possible 1st water shortage declaration

Read full article: US West prepares for possible 1st water shortage declaration

U.S. water officials are projecting the man-made lakes that store water used throughout the American West will fall to historically low levels and trigger an official shortage declaration for the first time.

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Water shortages in US West likelier than previously thought

Read full article: Water shortages in US West likelier than previously thought

(AP Photo/John Locher,File)CARSON CITY, Nev. – There's a chance water levels in the two largest man-made reservoirs in the United States could dip to critically low levels by 2025, jeopardizing the steady flow of Colorado River water that more than 40 million people rely on in the American West. After a relatively dry summer, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation released models on Tuesday suggesting looming shortages in Lake Powell and Lake Mead — the reservoirs where Colorado River water is stored — are more likely than previously projected. Compared with an average year, only 55% of Colorado River water is flowing from the Rocky Mountains down to Lake Powell on the Utah-Arizona line. Scientists use what's called the Colorado River Simulation System to project future levels of the two reservoirs. When projections drop below 1,075 feet (328 meters), Nevada and Arizona will face deeper cuts mandated by the plan.

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