The headwaters of the mighty Colorado River start in clear, cold mountain streams fed by snowmelt from jagged Rocky Mountain peaks. But those peaks are in the grip of a winter snow drought and its bad news for the seven states negotiating over how to divvy up a river that was already shrinking.

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Negotiators are focusing on a five-year agreement for sharing water from the shrinking river. Experts say that would provide some much-needed flexibility.

Feb. 14 was no Valentine for the seven states of the Colorado River, which failed to come up with an agreement by that deadline on how to manage the river beginning Oct. 1. The Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation on Saturday announced it would move forward with a set of alternatives

A last-ditch meeting two weeks ago aimed at building the foundation for a Colorado River water usage agreement failed, and the seven states that have rights to the river’s dwindling water supplies

The river, which runs through seven US states that share it, is currently facing the worst drought in 1,200 years.

The Fetcher ranch in northwest Colorado is on the frontlines this year of record-low snowpack across the West. It's adding a sense of urgency among seven states to finalize a plan for how to conserve the dwindling Colorado River.