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Colorado River restrictions eased thanks to “lucky” rain and snow but negotiators race toward long-term fix

Colorado River’s biggest reservoirs at 36% capacity despite wet year

A boat speeds across Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada on April 16, 2023. Though an unusually wet year has buoyed the water level in the lake, a longterm solution to drought and chronic overuse of the Colorado River remain elusive. The flight for aerial photography was provided by LightHawk.(Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
A boat speeds across Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada on April 16, 2023. Though an unusually wet year has buoyed the water level in the lake, a longterm solution to drought and chronic overuse of the Colorado River remain elusive. The flight for aerial photography was provided by LightHawk.(Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - NOVEMBER 8: Elise Schmelzer - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | eschmelzer@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Federal officials on Tuesday eased Colorado River water use restrictions due to a "lucky" year of increased precipitation, but drought and overuse remain a crisis as states, federal officials and tribes begin negotiations for the future of the river on which 40 million people in the West rely.
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