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Four states and six tribes in the Colorado River Basin are working on an agreement on water usage into the future. The agreement could be finalized as early as April. It comes as a flurry of agreements — and lack of agreement — involving other states and tribes is competing for a comprehensive water sharing agreement in time for an imposed 2026 deadline. We’ll hear differing perspectives from tribal representatives about the evolving conversations about the vital and diminishing resource.
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Ethel Branch (Diné), Navajo Nation Attorney General
Joelynn Ashley (Hopi and Navajo), chair of Navajo Nation Water Rights Commission
Chuck Cullom, executive director of the Upper Colorado River Commission
Break 1 Music: The Center of the Universe (song) Clark Tenakhongva (artist) Su’Vu’Yo’Yungw (album)
Break 2 Music: Moody (song) Toni Heartless (artist) Dark Days (album)
