Changes to federal flood management agencies put the health of the Mississippi River at risk and jeopardizes the clean water and safety of those who live along and depend on it.

A 65-mile stretch of the Sandusky River between Upper Sandusky and Fremont is designated a State Scenic River. Many areas are open to the public for various recreational opportunities, including canoeing, kayaking, hunting and fishing.

The Lower Division States of Arizona, California, and Nevada have again come together to submit the attached proposal to address the deteriorating hydrologic conditions in the Colorado River system. With inflow to Lake Powell trending toward record lows and exacerbating the near-term risk of breaching critical elevations at Lake Powell and Lake Mead, quick and decisive action is urgently ...

This section covers river dynamics which provide the foundation for river reading. The dynamics of moving water covered in this section includes river currents, river obstacles, and river hazards.

Colorado River water allocations to users in the United States and Mexico will be reduced in 2026, under agreements signed by both countries and in accordance with Bureau of Reclamation projections of elevation levels at Lake Mead, which stores water for delivery to the U.S. Lower Basin States (Arizona, California, and Nevada) and Mexico.

The Colorado River Compact of 1922 established the framework to apportion water supplies between the river’s Upper and Lower Basins, with each basin allocated 7.5 million acre-feet (MAF) annually; a subsequent agreement also provided for releases to Mexico (Figure 1).