Water law
On July 19, 2023, Colorado Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, Colorado House Representative Joe Neguse, and New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich introduced the Tribal Access to Clean Water Act of 2023,1 which ramps up critical funding for
GWC Water Law Fellow Frannie Monasterio collaborated with four other attorneys (Elizabeth G. Bentley, Elisabeth Parker, Clifford B. Parkinson, and Heather Tanana) on an amicus brief to the Supreme Court filed on behalf of DigDeep and
Berggren, J., J. Fleck, D. Kenney and Mariana Rivera-Torres. 2022. A Pie No More? Building a More Equitable Colorado River Governance Structure. IN: Cornerstone at the Confluence: Navigating the Colorado River Compact’s Next
Colorado Law Student, Colin Hull worked with the World Wildlife Fund’s Water Reserves Initiative as part of the GWC’s David Harrison Innovations in Water and Energy Law & Policy Fellowship. As part of this Fellowship, Colin produced the
Thursday, June 16 and Friday, June 172026 May Be Too Late: Hard Conversations About Really Complicated IssuesThere is no debate – demands for water across the Colorado River Basin exceed the shrinking supply. Chronic drought, record heat, increasing
Kenney, Douglas S., Michael Cohen, John Berggren and Regina M. Buono. 2021. The Colorado River Basin. IN: Sustainability of Engineered Rivers in Arid Lands, (edited by Jurgen Schmandt and Aysegul Kibaroglu). ISBN: 9781108417037.
Thursday, September 30 and Friday, October 1Equity in the Colorado River Basin: How to Sustainably Manage a Shrinking ResourceSimply put – demands for water in the Colorado River Basin exceed supply. Chronic drought, record heat, and rampant
Colorado Law Dean James Anaya leads a moderated conversation with Secretary Haaland and Congressman Neguse exploring both agency and legislative priorities regarding public lands and water management, resource extraction, energy development, and
The Status of Tribal Water Rights in the Colorado River BasinWater & Tribes Initiative | Colorado River Basin Introduction There are 30 federally recognized tribes in the Colorado River Basin. Twenty two of these tribes have recognized rights to
Universal Access to Clean Water for Tribes in the Colorado River Basin This report was produced for the Water & Tribes Initiative: Colorado River Basin by Heather Tanana (Lead Author), JD/MPH, Assistant Professor of Law (Research) & Stegner