高高地草原停止灌溉只节省了很少的水;在干旱和水库水平低的情况下,整个科罗拉多河流域各州需要协调养护。 Halting irrigation on high-elevation grasslands saves little water; coordinated conservation across Colorado River Basin states is needed amid drought and low reservoir levels.

科罗拉多州西部斜坡的养护研究表明,停止高高地草原的灌溉与低高地作物相比,节约的水很少,如果前线地区也减少使用量,用户更愿意保护。 Conservation research on Colorado’s Western Slope shows that halting irrigation on high-elevation grasslands saves little water compared to lower-elevation crops, with users more willing to conserve if the Front Range also reduces usage. 尽管上盆地历来没有充分利用科罗拉多河的配给和以往的试点项目节省了10万英亩脚,但由于对公平的关切和经济恐惧,抵制仍然存在。 Despite the Upper Basin’s historical underuse of its Colorado River allocation and past pilot programs saving 100,000 acre-feet, resistance persists due to equity concerns and economic fears. 气候驱动的干旱和创纪录的低水库水平加大了对所有流域国家进行自愿、协调保护的压力。 Climate-driven drought and record-low reservoir levels have intensified pressure for voluntary, coordinated conservation across all basin states.