The Nature Conservancy's new #ColoradoRiver Program director is ‘cautiously hopeful’ about interstate negotiations -- The #Durango Herald #CWCSC2025 #COriver #aridification coyotegulch.blog/2025/08/24/t...
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Is #Colorado ready for forced #ColoradoRiver cuts? State official says it might be time for a plan -- Shannon Mullane (Fresh Water News) #COriver #aridification #CWCSC2025 coyotegulch.blog/2025/08/23/i...
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Native American tribes push for seat at #ColoradoRiver water negotiations -- Colorado Politics #CORiver #aridification #CWCSC2025 coyotegulch.blog/2025/08/23/n...
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Yellow Eagle: We need to be able as a tribe to represent our interests -- Federal inclusion of the tribes as sovereign nations. At this time we are still represented by the states because #ColoradoRiver Compact allocation is based on the states. #COriver #aridification #cwcsc2025
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Venegas: We all need to consider a living river. I grew up fishing in the river but the catfish are not there any more. We cannot let the river die it will take away our identity. #cwcsc2025
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Yazzie: We're not going anywhere.We're still refining out concepts for a conservation pool. Our concerns, for example, the #drought we have, need to be considered in the Post-2026 guidelines. #cwcsc2025
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Yellow Eagle: We've been active in getting tribes included in the discussion about the Post 2026 Operating Guidelines for the #ColoradoRiver. We've began meeting, the Upper Basin tribes, with the Upper Colorado River Commission and working hard with many entities. #COriver #aridification #cwcsc2025
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Yellow Eagle: This year the tribe was able to use some of the Animas-La Plata project water (500 AF) of M&I for oil & gas operations. #cwcsc2025 (Photo: Lake Nighthorse A-LP. Credit: Greg Hobbs)
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Yazzie: Conservation cannot do it all. We are upgrading all of the pivots for the farm & ranch operation and also experimenting with different cropping choices and need new funding. We've been working tribe to tribe to use some of the water from the Jicarilla Apache Tribe. #cwcsc2025
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Pirotte: The intake for the Navajo Generating station is being converted to a water supply purpose. #cwcsc2025
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Yellow Eagle: We are in need of funding for the Pine River Indian Irrigation Project managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Many sections have fallen into disrepair despite the collection of O&M fees: www.pineriverirrigationdistrict.com/pine-river-p... #cwcsc2025
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Pirotte: We are in a crisis where more and more users are sharing a declining resource. #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification #cwcsc2025
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Yazzie: Another challenge is involving community members in water management and decisions. #cwcsc2025
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Yazzie: We have many challenges and water availability is at the top. Recently we have had to face severe curtailments. The state of #NewMexico is telling us that there is no surface water available--it is over allocated. #cwcsc2025
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Venegas: Our biggest water challenge is funding. You can dream but... #cwcsc2025
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Next up: "Colorado River: The Emerging Role of Tribes in the 2026 Negotiations", Moderator: Celene Hawkins. Speakers: Lisa Yellow Eagle, Letisha Yazzie, Erika Pirotte, Frank Venegas. #cwcsc2025
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Touton: The hardest days taught me humility the best days taught me hope. #cwcsc2025
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Touton: with the Arkansas Valley Conduit we weren't just delivering on infrastructure we were delivering on the promise from a half-century ago. #cwcsc2025
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Touton: One of the hardest decisions I made was to declare the first shortage on the #ColoradoRiver. #cwcsc2025
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First speaker is Former Commissioner of Reclamation Camille Touton. #cwcsc2025 (Photo: Michael Bennet, Bill Long, Camille Calimlim Touton, Rebecca Mitchell)
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O'Toole: I don't think we have enough water to continue to grow and accommodate more people in the West. #cwcsc2025
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Pacheco: We're just starting to learn how to work with each other to cooperate on conservation, for example multi-use projects. We all know we have less water. We have to be flexible with what we do in order to survive. #cwcsc2025
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O'Toole: There needs to be a streamlined process for storage less than 15,000 AF. Let's construct storage high in the mountains so the conserved water doesn't evaporate from #LakeMead. I create habitat with flood irrigation. For me the ducks, etc. are just as important as my crop. #cwcsc2025
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Ray: In many areas #groundwater is the only supply. One thing we learned from the lower #ArkansasRiver is quota trading. If a producer does not have enough water to produce a crop we arrange for fallowing and then trade the water for a vegetable crop or a dairy, for example. #cwcsc2025
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