The Upper Colorado River Commission welcomed a new representative from New Mexico at a meeting in downtown Denver on Tuesday, where it discussed ongoing negotiations over how to share America’s most over-allocated river. Tanya Trujillo, deputy state engineer and senior water policy advisor to New Mexico Gov. Michelle Grisham, replaced Estevan López as the state’s top negotiator on the Colorado River, which supplies water to 40 million people across seven Western states, 30 tribes and Mexico. Trujillo served as the Interior Department’s assistant secretary for water and science under President Joe Biden. 

Other Colorado River management news:

• KUSA (Denver, Colo.): Upper Colorado River states convene in Denver amid ‘dire’ drought crisis and looming deadline
• Cowboy State Daily (Cheyenne, Wyo.): Colorado River’s  dire water picture expected to hit Green River ranchers hard
• Wyoming Public Media: In Wyoming, will ranchers opt in to conserve Colorado River water?
• The Salt Lake Tribune: Utah officials warn of ‘totally unprecedented’ water shortages as towns run dry
• NBC12 (Phoenix): Cave Creek leaders to vote on crucial water-sharing partnership with Peoria
• East Valley Tribune (Tempe, Ariz.): Scottsdale City Council to vote on water credit purchase
• CBS8 (San Diego): How San Diego went from water shortages to helping other states
• Big Pivots: Blog: Should feds permanently buy down Colorado River demands?