Colorado has a new, voluntary program to conserve Colorado River water. Farmers are wary.

As the clock winds down on a historically dry year in the Colorado River Basin, Colorado water officials Wednesday said they’re willing to launch a new state-run conservation program that would chip in to address system-wide shortages — but not without more certainty from the federal government, and possibly the state Legislature, about how the […]
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