Colorado Basin: Setting the Course | A Balanced Plan for the Colorado River's Future

The Basin Study: Learn what scientists, states and conservation groups have identified as the river’s most pressing problems and achievable solutions.
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About the Basin: The Colorado River is a national treasure, the lifeblood of the arid West and essential to the economies of seven states and Mexico.

Video: America’s Most Endangered River

As we enter a new era of uncertainty about the river's future, one fact is beyond reasonable dispute: we need to change the way we manage the Colorado River.

A National Treasure

The Colorado River is a symbol of the West. It sustains life in the dry states through which it passes. Just as humans depend on healthy blood flow, the Colorado River depends on healthy water flows. These flows are being compromised by current management practices and policies, as well as a warming climate.

It’s our job to be responsible users of the river so that people, businesses, farms, ranches and wildlife will continue to benefit from this national treasure and to ensure the preservation of the Western way of life.

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Latest Basin News

Interior Department recognizes Environmental Defense Fund, partners for conservation efforts to restore the Colorado River delta

Secretary Sally Jewell presents Minute 319 Binational Partnership the “Partners ...

Interior Secretary outlines Colorado River road map to sustainability

U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Sally Jewell provided the keynote address ...