Colorado River governors express cautious optimism after ‘historic’ DC meeting

By: Caitlin Sievers

Outlets: Nevada Current

Published: January 31, 2026

Words: 1,215

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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With the deadline to reach a water usage agreement looming, leaders from the seven Colorado River Basin states expressed cautious optimism that their “historic” meeting in Washington, D.C., will spur the compromise needed to reach a consensus.

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum called the meeting at the request of Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, after the states blew past a Nov. 11 deadline to reach an agreement. The new Feb. 14 deadline was …

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