The Biden administration pumped millions into conservation contracts to keep water in Lake Mead. The Trump administration reportedly froze them.

President Biden promised billions in funds to farmers and others to not take water from the Colorado River. President Trump is halting some of those funds, leaving questions about the river's future.

Trump's funding freezes could threaten the Colorado River. Some money was intended to keep the shrinking river flowing. And, the U.S. voted against a U.N. peace resolution for Ukraine.

Two federal grant recipients, in Pueblo and Longmont, highlight how a federal funding freeze is still rippling throughout the state, despite being lifted by courts.

Colorado River conservation programs have stopped receiving money from the federal government despite temporary restraining orders intended to halt the Trump Administration’s funding freeze.

KUNC reports that millions of dollars set aside to help keep the Colorado River flowing are now subject to a federal spending freeze. The cash shutoff could affect projects across the seven-state Colorado River basin.

The freeze of payments to farmers, cities, Native American tribes and groups that protect watersheds could trickle down to threaten western economies, electricity supplies and agricultural production.

The fate of the Colorado River is hanging in the balance after President Trump halted payments for a 4 billion-dollar program designed to keep its water flowing. It’s all tied up with one of the executive orders signed by President Trump on the first day of his second term,