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Assigned Water programs in the Colorado River system, like Intentionally Created Surplus and Mexican Water Reserve, have created valuable flexibility in the Lower Basin.  These programs mitigate the disincentive for conservation or saving water

Image by Lex Padilla The Colorado River Water Users Association annual conference met in Las Vegas last week. Each year, over a thousand government officials, members of the press, municipal water district

On November 19th, a rapt crowd gathered both in Denver and online for a six-hour public hearing and deliberation by the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) board members. CWCB was meeting to consider a proposed deal to acquire and protect

In a collection of essays and research summaries, eleven members of the Colorado River Research Group (with eight guest contributors) touch on issues as diverse as plummeting reservoir storage, climate change trends, risk management, agricultural

GWC is now accepting applications for the Wyss Scholars Program for U.S. Lands Conservation and the Harrison Fellowship in International Water Law.Wyss Scholars Program for U.S. Lands ConservationThe Wyss Scholars Program seeks to identify and

The Getches-Wilkinson Center and American Indian Law Program will co-host the 17th Annual Schultz Lecture in Energy on September 17, 2026 with special guest, Amy Bowers Cordalis.Thursday, September 17, 20266:00-7:30 p.m. (Mountain Time)Wolf Law

The Getches-Wilkinson Center is pleased to present the 2026 Ruth Wright Distinguished Lecture in Natural Resources with Congressman Joe Neguse on Wed, Oct 21st at the Wolf Law Building in �鶹ӰԺ, CO. Wednesday, October 21st6:00-7:30: Lecture:

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The Getches-Wilkinson Center and American Indian Law Program will be co-convening the 2026 Martz Symposium on Public Lands: "Towards a New Era for Public Lands - Restoration and Renewal" on Thurs, Oct 22nd and Fri, Oct 23rd at the Wolf Law

In 2024, the Bureau of Land Management issue a new set of regulations that would guide its oversight of 245 million acres of federal public lands. Known as the “Public Lands Rule,” the regulations implement the “multiple use and sustained yield”