Colorado River states remain divided on sharing water, and some tribes say their needs are still being ignored

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Tractors are out to work before sunrise on the Colorado River Indian Tribes Farm south of Parker, Arizona, February 22. 2023. This farm and many others on the reservation in a fertile valley between Parker and Blythe, California, depend entirely on irrigation from the Colorado River.

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An irrigation canal on the Colorado River Indian Tribes Farm, February 22, 2023. This farm and many others on the reservation in a fertile valley between Parker and Blythe, California, depend entirely on irrigation from the Colorado River.

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Moving sheep beside a canal carrying Colorado River water on the Colorado River Indian Tribes Farm south of Parker, Arizona, February 22. 2023. This farm and many others on the reservation in a fertile valley between Parker and Blythe, California, depend entirely on irrigation from the Colorado River.

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Colorado River Indian Tribes Farm Manager Joshua Moore shores up a berm next to a field flooded with irrigation water ahead of spring cotton planting, south of Parker, Arizona, February, 2023.

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