The federal government is opening negotiations on long-term plans for the Colorado River. Leaders of tribes say they don't want to be left out of key talks.
As climate change and overuse threaten the Colorado River, Native American tribes seek a larger role in the river’s stewardship.in Arizona and has agreed to leave a portion of its water in Lake Mead over the next three years while receiving $150 million from the federal government.
The river’s largest reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, have declined to their lowest recorded levels during 23 years of drought worsened by climate change. As rising temperatures have intensified the drying of the watershed, the river’s flow has declined about 20% below the average prior to 2000., and the runoff is starting to boost reservoir levels.
The history of Indigenous peoples’ exclusion from decisions about the river goes back to the signing of a 1922 compact that divided the water among the states. Nora McDowell has spent her life along the Colorado River in Fort Mojave, where her father fought for water rights for the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation.
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