/center/gwc/ en /center/gwc/2025/12/03/colorado-river-insights-2025-dancing-deadpool <span>Colorado River Insights, 2025: Dancing with Deadpool</span> <span><span>Annie Carlozzi</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-12-03T13:46:16-07:00" title="Wednesday, December 3, 2025 - 13:46">Wed, 12/03/2025 - 13:46</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/center/gwc/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2025-12/Lake%20Powell%20near%20Page.JPG?h=71976bb4&amp;itok=HLHC0_u2" width="1200" height="800" alt="Lake Powell Near Page "> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/center/gwc/taxonomy/term/21"> Blog </a> <a href="/center/gwc/taxonomy/term/140"> CRRG Publications </a> <a href="/center/gwc/taxonomy/term/19"> Publications </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/center/gwc/taxonomy/term/69" hreflang="en">Water law</a> <a href="/center/gwc/taxonomy/term/29" hreflang="en">Western Water Policy Program</a> <a href="/center/gwc/taxonomy/term/203" hreflang="en">crrg</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p><span>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 water conservation, equity, and governance, all against the backdrop of the need to fashion post-2026 reservoir operating rules.&nbsp;</span></p><h2><span><strong>Download the report here:&nbsp;</strong></span><br><a href="/center/gwc/media/728" data-entity-type="external" rel="nofollow"><span><strong>Colorado River Insights, 2025: &nbsp;Dancing with Deadpool</strong></span></a></h2><p>&nbsp;</p><h2><span><strong>Contents</strong></span></h2><p><span><strong>Chapter 1.&nbsp; Colorado River Reservoir Storage – Where We Stand</strong></span><br><span lang="EN">Jack Schmidt, Anne Castle, John Fleck, Eric Kuhn, Kathryn Sorensen, and Katherine Tara</span></p><p><span><strong>Chapter 2.&nbsp; Think Natural Flows Will Rebound in the Colorado River Basin? Think Again.&nbsp;</strong></span><br><span>Jonathan Overpeck and Brad Udall</span></p><p><span><strong>Chapter 3.&nbsp; The Erosion of the Colorado River “Safety Nets” is Alarming</strong></span><br><span>Doug Kenney</span></p><p><span><strong>Chapter 4. Water Equity in the Colorado River Basin</strong></span><br><span>Bonnie Colby and Zoey Reed-Spitzer</span></p><p><span><strong>Chapter 5.&nbsp; The Tale of Three Percentage-Based Apportionment Schemes</strong></span><br><span>Eric Kuhn</span></p><p><span><strong>Chapter 6. A Humbly Proffered Proposal to Aid the Colorado River System: Conservation Easements &amp; Land Purchases</strong></span><br><span>Kathryn Sorensen and Sarah Porter</span></p><p><span><strong>Chapter 7.&nbsp; Facing the Future: Can Agriculture Thrive in the Upper Basin with Less Water?&nbsp;</strong></span><br><span>Kristiana Hansen, Daniel Mooney, Mahdi Asgari, and Christopher Bastian</span></p><p><span><strong>Chapter 8.&nbsp; Towards a Basinwide Entity: Moving from Vision to Action</strong></span><br><span>Matthew McKinney, Jason Robison, John Berggren, and Doug Kenney</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><h2><span><strong>Contributors</strong></span></h2><p><span><strong>Colorado River Research Group (CRRG) Members</strong></span></p><p><span lang="EN">Bonnie Colby,&nbsp;</span><span>Professor, University of Arizona.</span></p><p><span lang="EN">John Fleck, Writer in Residence, Utton Transboundary Resources Center, University of New Mexico.</span></p><p><span>Kristiana Hansen, Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wyoming.</span></p><p><span>Doug Kenney, Director, Western Water Policy Program, Getches-Wilkinson Center, University of Colorado Law School; and Chair, Colorado River Research Group.</span></p><p><span>Eric Kuhn, Retired General Manager, Colorado River Water Conservation District.</span></p><p><span>Matthew McKinney,&nbsp;Co-director, Water &amp; Tribes Initiative; Senior Fellow, Center for Natural Resources &amp; Environmental Policy, University of Montana; Fulbright Specialist 2025-2027.</span></p><p><span>Jonathan Overpeck, Dean, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan.</span></p><p><span>Jason Robison,&nbsp;Professor of Law and Co-Director, Gina Guy Center for Land &amp; Water Law, University of Wyoming.</span></p><p><span>Jack Schmidt, Director, Center for Colorado River Studies, Utah State University, and former Chief, Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center.</span></p><p><span>Kathryn Sorensen, Kyl Center for Water Policy, Arizona State University; and former Director, Phoenix Water Services.</span></p><p><span>Brad Udall, Senior Water and Climate Research Scientist/Scholar, Colorado Water Center, Colorado State University.</span></p><p><span><strong>Guest Contributors</strong></span></p><p><span>Mahdi Asgari, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics,&nbsp;University of Wyoming.</span></p><p><span>Christopher Bastian, Professor, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Wyoming.</span></p><p><span>John Berggren, Regional Policy Manager, Western Resource Advocates.</span></p><p><span>Anne Castle, Senior Fellow, Getches-Wilkinson Center, University of Colorado Law School; former US Commissioner, Upper Colorado River Commission; and former Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, US Department of the Interior.</span></p><p><span>Daniel Mooney, Associate Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Colorado State University.</span></p><p><span>Sarah Porter, Director, Kyl Center for Water Policy, Arizona State University.</span></p><p><span>Zoey Reed-Spitzer,&nbsp;Research Assistant, North Carolina State University (formerly University of Arizona).</span></p><p><span>Katherine Tara, Staff Attorney, Utton Transboundary Resources Center, University of New Mexico.</span></p><h2><span><strong>Download the report here:</strong></span><br><a href="/center/gwc/media/728" data-entity-type="external" rel="nofollow"><span><strong>Colorado River Insights, 2025: &nbsp;Dancing with Deadpool</strong></span></a></h2></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 03 Dec 2025 20:46:16 +0000 Annie Carlozzi 871 at /center/gwc /center/gwc/2024/11/27/active-and-passive-water-saving-mechanisms-colorado-river-challenges-and-opportunities <span>Active and Passive Water Saving Mechanisms on the Colorado River: Challenges and Opportunities</span> <span><span>Annie Carlozzi</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-11-27T09:44:26-07:00" title="Wednesday, November 27, 2024 - 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Drought, Aridification, and the "New Normal" (March 2018) </span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2018-03-19T23:29:14-06:00" title="Monday, March 19, 2018 - 23:29">Mon, 03/19/2018 - 23:29</time> </span> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/center/gwc/taxonomy/term/140"> CRRG Publications </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 3"> <div class="ucb-article-row-subrow row"> <div class="ucb-article-text col-lg d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p><a href="/center/gwc/media/573" rel="nofollow"><span>When is Drought Not a Drought? Drought, Aridification, and the "New Normal"</span></a></p></div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-right col-lg"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 20 Mar 2018 05:29:14 +0000 Anonymous 524 at /center/gwc /center/gwc/node/526 <span>Innovations in Agricultural Water Conservation and Use: Fertile Ground for Lasting Solutions (June 2017)</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2017-06-19T23:28:16-06:00" title="Monday, June 19, 2017 - 23:28">Mon, 06/19/2017 - 23:28</time> </span> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/center/gwc/taxonomy/term/140"> CRRG Publications </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 3"> <div class="ucb-article-row-subrow row"> <div class="ucb-article-text col-lg d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p><a href="/center/gwc/media/574" rel="nofollow"><span>Innovations in Agricultural Water Conservation and Use: Fertile Ground for Lasting Solutions</span></a></p></div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-right col-lg"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 20 Jun 2017 05:28:16 +0000 Anonymous 526 at /center/gwc /center/gwc/2016/10/01/climate-change-and-colorado-river-what-we-already-know-october-2016 <span>Climate Change and the Colorado River: What We Already Know (October 2016)</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2016-10-01T21:45:22-06:00" title="Saturday, October 1, 2016 - 21:45">Sat, 10/01/2016 - 21:45</time> </span> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/center/gwc/taxonomy/term/140"> CRRG Publications </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 3"> <div class="ucb-article-row-subrow row"> <div class="ucb-article-text col-lg d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p><a href="/center/gwc/media/575" rel="nofollow">Climate Change and the Colorado River: What We Already Know</a></p></div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-right col-lg"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Sun, 02 Oct 2016 03:45:22 +0000 Anonymous 528 at /center/gwc