March 2023
UCRC Staff Engineer Recruitment
Overview The Upper Colorado River Commission (UCRC) is an interstate water administrative agency that works on behalf of the four Upper Division States of the Colorado River [...]
UCRC Update on 2023 System Conservation Pilot Program (SCPP)
The Upper Colorado River Commission (UCRC) has received 88 project proposals to participate in the 2023 System Conservation Pilot Program (SCPP). All 88 proposals have been reviewed [...]
Upper Basin states want to pause some releases from a major Colorado River reservoir
From KUNC: "Four states that use water from the Colorado River are asking the federal government to pause some water releases from Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Utah, Wyoming, [...]
January 2023
Colorado River Basin States Submit Alternative to the Department of the Interior
On December 15, 2022, at the Colorado River Water Users Association meeting in Las Vegas, the Basin States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming) [...]
December 2022
System Conservation Pilot Program (SCPP) Reauthorized as Part of Omnibus Bill
The System Conservation Pilot Program (SCPP) for the Upper Colorado River Basin has been reauthorized as part of the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill. The SCPP [...]
Upper Division States and the Upper Colorado River Commission (UCRC) Comment on Reclamation’s Notice of Intent for a Supplemental EIS for the 2007 Interim Guidelines
On December 20th, the Upper Division States acting through the Upper Colorado River Commission provided collective comments to Reclamation regarding the Notice of Intent (NOI) to proceed [...]
UCRC Press Statement on the Upper Basin System Conservation Pilot Program (SCPP)
PDF of the Press Release For Release: Dec. 14, 2022 Contact: Alyx Richards: 801-531-1150, arichards@ucrcommission.com The Upper Division States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, acting through [...]
Upper Colorado River officials release details of water savings program
Upper Colorado River basin officials have released details of a conservation program that would pay water users to reduce their use of Colorado River water, with the [...]
Upper Colorado River Basin program gets planned reboot
As climate change continues to shrink the Colorado River’s largest reservoirs, a group of four states that use its water are set to lay out plans to [...]
November 2022
Water Commissioners Want Equity in Colorado River Usage Dispute
Those working in the Upper Basin of the Colorado River to break the impasse over future allocations of the river want to accomplish a few select things: [...]
October 2022
US Announces Lower Colorado River Basin System Conservation and Efficiency Program
On October 12, 2022, the United States announced a portion of the $4 billion allocated in the Inflation Reduction Act will be used to fund a Lower [...]
September 2022
OpenET: Upper Colorado River Commission and Bureau of Reclamation move to satellite-based ET for consistent consumptive water use measurements
“Given recent years of low hydrology, climate change, and increased pressures on water users across the Basin, we don’t have the luxury of not utilizing the best [...]
NEW: Wyoming Job Openings
Wyoming is hiring both a Deputy State Engineer and a Hydrologic Modeling Program Manager. You can find more information on the Deputy State Engineer position here. You [...]
President Biden Appoints Anne Castle as Next U.S Commissioner to the Upper Colorado River Commission
PRESS RELEASE (PDF) Last week, President Biden appointed Anne Castle as the U.S. Commissioner to the Upper Colorado River Commission. The Upper Colorado River Commission is an [...]
UCRC Director Chuck Cullom and the Water Education Foundation
A COLORADO RIVER VETERAN MOVES UPSTREAM AND PLUNGES INTO THE DROUGHT-STRESSED RIVER’S MOUNTING WOES WESTERN WATER Q&A: CHUCK CULLOM, A LONGTIME ARIZONA WATER MANAGER, BRINGS A DUAL-BASIN [...]
August 2022
UCRC 299th Regular Meeting (CRWUA)
The Upper Colorado River Commission will be conducting its 299th Regular Meeting in conjunction with the Colorado River Water Users Association annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. [...]
UCRC Press Release Concerning Reclamation’s August 2022 24-Month Study
Access the News Release PDF Version For Release: August 17, 2022 Contact: Alyx Richards, 801-531-1150, arichards@ucrcommission.com Salt Lake City - On August 16th, Reclamation released its [...]
Upper Colorado River Commissioners and Upper Basin Tribes Convene Historic Meeting
In a historic first on August 3-4th, 2022, the four Upper Colorado River Commissioners of Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico, state advisors, and UCRC staff members [...]
July 2022
Upper Division States and UCRC Provide 5-Point Plan for Additional Protection Actions
NEWS RELEASE - JULY 19, 2022 (PDF Version) Contacts: Alyx Richards, Upper Colorado River Commission (801-531-1150) The Upper Division States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, [...]
June 2022
Consistent Consumptive Water Use Measurement for Agricultural Irrigation in the Upper Colorado River Basin
At its meeting on June 14th, 2022, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the Upper Colorado River Commission took a pivotal step by adopting a new method for estimating the [...]