NEVADA CURRENT: Nevada faces ‘unrealistic reductions’ in ‘fundamentally flawed’ Colorado River plan, officials say

By Jennifer Solis, Nevada Current The federal government has released its long-awaited 10-year plan to manage worsening water shortages along the Colorado River, including deep cuts to Nevada’s allocation of the drought-stricken river. Following months of negotiations — and years of states failing to reach an agreement on their own — the Bureau of Reclamation on Friday published a final environmental impact statement laying out their framework for how to manage the river’s largest reservoirs,  Lakes Mead and Powell, after current […]