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Denver Post: Water Deficit Worsening in the West, Salazar and Top Regulators Say, December 12, 2012

Albuquerque Journal: Western States Must Minimize Water Use, December 12, 2012

“There are a suite of solutions that have been identified in this report that are not controversial, that we can work on as a basin together." – EDF's Jennifer Pitt for the Albuquerque Journal

Arizona Republic: Colorado River water shortage likely, study finds, December 12, 2012

San Francisco Chronicle: Colorado River Seen as Depleting Regional Resource, December 12, 2012

National Geographic: Federal Colorado River Study Points to Big Problems and Common Sense Solutions, December 12, 2012

ABC News: Colorado River Seen as Depleting Regional Resource, December 12, 2012

Washington Post: Colorado River won’t meet needs of users in 7 Western US states, 50-year report finds, December 12, 2012

"The Colorado River is the lifeblood of the dry West. We can’t keep bleeding the river dry. The basin study says loud and clear that it’s time for a new approach that puts conservation first." – EDF's Dan Grossman for the Washington Post

Yuma Sun: Groups hail Colorado River water plan, Nov 23, 2012

National Geographic: The United States and Mexico Can Restore the Colorado River Delta, Nov 21, 2012

"The events over the last twelve years that led to today’s agreement have been a soap opera – a telenovela if you will – with a story line influenced by language barriers, cultural differences, and geopolitics much larger than the Colorado River. The twists and turns were many in this arduous and complicated negotiation, and at times it appeared destined to fail. Instead, we have a groundbreaking binational agreement." – EDF's Jennifer Pitt for National Geographic

E&E: U.S., Mexico officials sign 'historic' Colorado River pact, Nov 21, 2012

Indian Country Today: Colorado River Flow Returns to Natural Course Through Mexico, Nov 21, 2012

Las Vegas Sun: Restoring Flows to Colorado River, Nov 20, 2012

Cronkite News: Officials hail U.S.-Mexico pact on allocation of Colorado River water, Nov 20, 2012