… The single most important gathering of Colorado River Basin officials came and went — with no significant announcements regarding the often frustrating yet crucial seven-state negotiations for how to divvy up the river over the next 20 years. … Experts said at the three-day Colorado River Water Users Association conference that if meaningful conservation doesn’t happen in states both upstream and downstream, leaders in the West could be headed for remarkably hard decisions about the future. Governors and negotiators from the seven states have an open invitation to the nation’s capital, where Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has indicated he would like to have a joint meeting. Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo asked Burgum this month to schedule it for January. 

Other Colorado River negotiations news:

• Nevada Current: Feds demand compromise on Colorado River while states flounder despite water shortage
• The Washington Post: The Colorado River is on the verge of crisis. No one has a solution.
• Inside Climate News: A river that millions rely on for water is on the brink. A deal to save it isn’t.
• Arizona Daily Star (Tucson): Stalemate deepens as Colorado River states face water crisis
• KTNV (Las Vegas, Nev.): Colorado River talks press on after candid final day in Las Vegas
• CBS Colorado: New report paints grim picture of water use problems with Colorado River
• Times of San Diego: Opinion: Wisdom from a Nobel winner to defuse the Colorado River crisis
• The Hill: Opinion: Colorado River talks — securing water for the West
• Sierra Club Colorado: Blog: Stalemate on the Colorado River