Bennet: We need to open markets for U.S. agriculture. We need to start investing in rural areas. That sounds like rhetoric but we haven't been doing this. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification

Hurd: Making sure that we have healthy forests is something we need to face going forward. I think forest health and watershed management is something that we can agree on. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification

Hurd: 2 years is not a solution (USBR ROD). Our water users and and managers need more sustainable solutions. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification

Bennet: We need to get to place where the W. U.S. is in control of our future. I think Shoshone is a good example. Don't dictate what needs to be done. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification

Hurd: The model that worked for Shoshone was local leadership and funding then have the federal government come in to see how it can help. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification

Bennet: We are living with infrastructure, law, and #climate that our foreberers did not foresee. We can build on the infrastructure that is available. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification

Now up: "U.S. Senator Michael Bennet & U.S. Representative Jeff Hurd – An Armchair Conversation". #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification

Witherspoon: We need the flexibility to use some of our federal reserved water rights as we need to. We just happen to be in both basins. "We don't want to be treated as a second-class citizen." #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification

Mueller: Why can't the seven states agree to the legislation? In the Upper Basin we've been concerned with UB water being transferred to the Lower Basin. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification

#crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification

Witherspoon: Under the Upper Basin Colorado River Compact 50,000 AF was allocated to #Arizona and the part of the state in the Upper Basin is the Navajo nation, we need to be able to use the Upper Basin water in the Navajo Nation in the Lower Basin. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification

Witherspoon: This is our fourth attempt to try to reach a settlement. We have reintroduced the legislation twice including this year. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification

Mueller: Winters doctrine: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winters... #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification

Next up: "NE Arizona Tribal Water Rights Settlement Discussion" with Andy Mueller and Dwight Witherspoon: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c... #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification

Fleming: There is $100 million of Federal Money for the Colorado Contribution Program. A program of this magnitude has the potential to create problems across the West Slope. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification

Fleming: 10-year flow at Lee Ferry. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification

Fleming: #LakePowell, even with the ROD, is expected to fall below minimum power pool in the next water year. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification

Fleming: ROD does provide for USBR to take action in extraordinary circumstances, but that is not defined. The ROD does not provide what the benefits will be for the Upper Basin. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification

Fleming: ROD does not impose mandatory cuts in the Upper Basin. #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification

Fleming: The ROD provides a framework for 10 years, and operating guidelines for the 2027 and 2028: www.usbr.gov/ColoradoRive... #crd2026 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification