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The GWC in 2024 is working to revitalize the ����ֱ�� River Research Group (CRRG), a group of prominent academics and close colleagues offering an “independent, scientific voice” on key ����ֱ�� River issues.  The CRRG was formed in 2014, and

On May 15, 2024, GWC’s Director of the Western Water Policy Program, Doug Kenney, and Professor and GWC Board Chair, Mark Squillace, met with a delegation from Egypt to discuss Egypt’s ongoing struggle to reach an agreement with Ethiopia and Sudan

On May 6th, 2024 the ����ֱ�� Legislature passed HB24-1379 – a bill designed to protect the wetlands and streams at risk after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Sackett v. EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). The passage of the house bill saw

Currently, there are two conflicting bills in the ����ֱ�� Legislature that would create a new state program regulating the dredge and fill of wetlands and streams across the State – HB 24-1379 and SB 24-127. A key question facing lawmakers is the

The ����ֱ�� River is undergoing a big change in management that has the potential to affect nearly forty million people who live in the ����ֱ�� River Basin and rely on ����ֱ�� River water. Flowing through more than 246,000 square miles in

����ֱ�� River Research Group (CRRG) members Jack Schmidt, Eric Kuhn and John Fleck submitted an “alternative” to the post-2026 EIS process entitled: “Managing the Powell/Grand Canyon/Mead ecosystem after 2026.”  In a nutshell, the alternative

Aspen Journalism held an exciting panel in Basalt the evening of Tuesday April 9th. The event, “Hanging in the Balance: Competing Needs for Water in the West” hosted Kate Ryan, Executive Director of the ����ֱ�� Water Trust, Hattie Johnson,

University of ����ֱ�� Law School student Oliver Skelly ('25) is this year’s inaugural Conscience Bay Company Western Water Policy Fellow. The Conscience Bay Company Western Water Policy Fellowship, initiated in 2023 by leaders of the Conscience Bay

University of ����ֱ�� Law School student Victoria (Tori) Matson ('26) is this year’s David Harrison Innovations in Water and Energy Law & Policy Fellow. The Fellowship, initiated in 2010 by partners of the law firm of Moses, Wittemyer, Harrison

Members of the Acequia Assistance Project, in conjunction with the Getches-Wilkinson Center and the ����ֱ�� Law School, made their way down to San Luis, CO earlier this month to attend the 12th annual Congreso de Acequias. There, Project members