There's an adage in the American West that "Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over," and perhaps nowhere do those words appear to ring truer than in the Colorado River Basin. Come find out about trans-basin diversion, water rights, water law, agriculture, allocation, a history of extractive industry, endangered species and much more!

Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources (IJNR) invites applications from journalists at all career stages and from all sorts and sizes of news outlets, ranging from newspapers and magazines to radio, television and online operations for the Upper Colorado Institute [1], July 22-29, 2017, through Colorado, Utah, Arizona. Apply by Jun 2.