At the end of June, the House Appropriations Committee approved a fiscal year 2013 spending bill with significant cuts for water infrastructure and water quality programs. Overall spending for the U.S.

 In an effort to ensure compliance with the Endangered Species Act for over 1,600 water projects that withdr

In July, Navajo lawmakers rejected, by a vote of 15-6, a settlement to recognize the tribe's water rights from the Little Colorado River basin. The vote also puts a stop to legislation in Congress to move the settlement forward because it needed the blessing of both the Navajo and Hopi tribes.

U.S. Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet introduced a resolution in May recognizing 2012 as the ‘Year of Water’ in Colorado.

Colorado's largest water utility and two western counties have ratified a deal aimed at balancing the Denver-area's demand for water with the needs of mountain communities and avoiding costly legal battles.

According to a recent Science Daily article, a group of scientists from around the world is warning that population growth, widespread destruction of natural ecosystems, and climate change may be driving Earth toward an irreversible change in the biosphere.

In another Science Daily article, new research indicates that a combination of drought and mountain pine beetle attacks are the primary forces that have killed more than 2.5 million acres of

In June, the State of Colorado finalized a contract with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to buy water from the Animas-La Plata Project. Colorado lawmakers authorized $36 million for the state's allocation of 10,460 acre-feet from Lake Nighthorse.

The Colorado School of Mines Geophysics Department (CSM) released results of research recently conducted throughout the Pagosa Springs area. The research, conducted on the geothermal aquifer, resulted in evidence indicating a much larger and more complex system than had been previously suspected.

Former U.S. Senator Gary Hart has come out with a new book entitled Durango. The novel is the story of the Animas-La Plata Project written from the perspective of an elected proponent with firsthand knowledge of the story.