… A new reckoning is at hand. The Trump administration has put the states on the clock to reach a consensus deal by the end of this year to share the shrinking river equitably — the only way they can control their own fates. … [Assistant Interior Secretary Scott] Cameron also urged the states to work with the 30 Native American tribes living across the watershed, both to ensure that they have adequate water and to partner with the tribes who have secured substantial water settlements to store more water in the reservoirs. … Federal officials have a trust responsibility to secure water for tribes, which the Bureau of Reclamation will need to account for in any interstate deal.

Other Colorado River Basin news:

• E&E News by Politico: Reclamation weighing Colorado River flows
• KUNC (Greeley, Colo.): Where story meets policy: a conversation with Len Necefer on the future of the Colorado River
• The Arizona Republic (Phoenix): Lake Powell and Lake Mead show decreasing water levels