RIVERTON — Last week, Wyoming and six other states missed a Bureau of Reclamation deadline to reach an agreement on how to manage the Colorado River.

It's not the first time that the states have missed a federal government deadline regarding the river – but with many aspects of the current system of agreements and compromises set to expire by the end of 2026, the time states have to reach an accord is growing shorter.

"We understand the extraordinary complexity of this challenge and the difficult tradeoffs the states are working hard to navigate – but the river isn't going to wait for process or for politics.

Drought, intensified by increasingly extreme conditions, is reshaping the basin, and the window to secure the river's future and move beyond crisis-driven policymaking is closing f

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