- Reclamation
- Colorado River Basin
- Colorado River Post 2026 Operations
- Colorado River Post 2026 Operations — Pre-Scoping
- Summary of the Federal Register Notice Input Received
Pre-Scoping – Summary of the Federal Register Notice Input Received
The comment period for the Federal Register Notice extended from June 24 through September 1, 2022. During this timeframe, Reclamation received 135 unique comment letters from concerned citizens, more than 1,964 submittals of the BlueRibbon Coalition “Fill Lake Powell – the Path to 3588 ft” form letter, and 55 in-depth stakeholder letters signed by 81 unique stakeholders.
Links to the stakeholder letters and the BlueRibbon Coalition form letter are available below, in alphabetical order, for viewing.
- AECOM
- Ak-Chin Indian Community
- American Whitewater
- Arizona Farm Bureau Federation
- Arizona Game & Fish Department
- Arizona Municipal Water Users Association
- Arizona Power Authority
- Arizona State University (Margaret Garcia)
- Blue Ribbon Coalition
- City of Avondale
- City of Chandler
- City of Peoria
- City of Phoenix
- City of Tempe
- Colorado River Commission of Nevada
- Colorado River District
- Colorado River Energy Distributors Association (CREDA)
- Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT)
- Colorado River Water Leaders – Water Education Foundation
- Dolores River Boating Advocate
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Gila River Indian Community
- Hopi Tribe
- Irrigation & Electrical District Association of Arizona (IEDA)
- Jicarilla Apache Nation
- Joint letter from the 7 Basin States
- Joint letter from Central Arizona Irrigation and Drainage District, Maricopa-Stanfield Irrigation & Drainage District, New Magma Irrigation and Drainage District, Queen Creek Irrigation District, and San Carlos Irrigation and Drainage District
- Joint letter from Jicarilla Apache Nation, Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, American Rivers, Environmental Defense Fund, Living Rivers, National Audubon Society, National Wildlife Federation, The Sonora Institute, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, Trout Unlimited, and Western Resource Advocates
- Joint letter from Living Rivers, Great Basin Water Network, Center for Biological Diversity, Save The Colorado, Las Vegas Water Defender, Glen Canyon Institute, Utah Rivers Council, and Colorado Riverkeeper
- Joint letter from the Glen Canyon Institute, Returning Rapids Project, Utah Rivers Council, Living Rivers, Great Basin Water Network, Save the Colorado, and the National Parks Conservation Association
- Joint letter from The Nature Conservancy, Environmental Defense Fund, Trout Unlimited, Western Resource Advocates, National Audubon Society, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, and American Rivers
- Joint letter from University of New Mexico School of Law (John Fleck), Utah State University (Jack Schmidt), and Eric Kuhn
- Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
- Mohave County Water Authority
- National Audubon Society
- National Park Service
- Navajo Nation
- Pacific Institute
- Quechan Indian Tribe
- San Juan Water Commission
- Scottsdale Water
- Sierra Club Colorado River Task Force
- Southern California Water Coalition
- Southern Ute Indian Tribe
- The Sonora Institute
- Tohono O'odham Nation
- Tortolita Alliance
- Town of Gilbert
- Tucson Water
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Utah State University (David Rosenberg)
- Ute Indian Tribe
- Washington County Water Conservancy District
- Water and Tribes Initiative
- Western Resource Advocates
- Yavapai-Apache Nation
A link to the combined comment letters without attachments from concerned citizens is available below, followed by links to individual comment letters with associated attachments.Note, prior to posting the letters below, as a courtesy, Reclamation reached out to the concerned citizens who submitted input seeking confirmation to publicly post each letter.
