Michael L. Connor: “I think that stovepipe approach to governing has been very, very inefficient and has resulted in lost opportunities.”

Promises of more water to irrigation in Oregon and calls for less funding for fishery protection create the appearance of a political shell game that no one can win.

Congress said let us be a Nation that goes from rivers on fire to ensuring that our waters are fishable and swimmable for every American.

If we don't turn around and have a good precipitation year--we're in a 10-year drought cycle in the Colorado River basin--we're looking at the possibility, within a couple years, of having to declare a shortage in the Lower Colorado River…

The inland waterways are a jewel of our system of water infrastructure in this country.