The Colorado River is in crisis. Rapid declines in reservoir storage now threaten many longstanding agreements and operational norms, triggering curtailments in water deliveries and prompting emergency interstate and federal/interstate negotiations. The challenge is two-fold: adopting rules to equitably “share the pain” in the short-term, while transitioning to a management framework to support long-term sustainability in what will likely be an increasingly arid future. It is both a water and a “people” problem, requiring innovations for stretching limited supplies through processes emphasizing equity and inclusion across all values, stakeholders, and sovereigns, including the United States, Mexico, Tribes, and the seven basin states.

This conference is co-sponsored by Getches-Wilkinson Center and Water & Tribes Initiative.

Thursday, June 8 and Friday, June 9 8am-5pm MT

Hybrid (in-person and virtual)

Register at: https://www.getches-wilkinsoncenter.cu.law/wp-admin/post.php?post=2270&action=edit

CLE credits pending for Colorado Attorneys