Bennett, DrewLewis, MaxMahowald, HallieCollins, Matt2024-10-182024-10-182023https://wyoscholar.uwyo.edu/handle/internal/9758https://doi.org/10.15786/wyoscholar/9966Researchers in the MacMillan Private Land Stewardship Program and the Western Landowners Alliance surveyed 1,020 agricultural water users throughout six states in the Colorado River Basin to understand their perspectives on the water shortage crisis, their current water conservation practices, and their preferences for strategies to address water shortages going forward. They also conducted qualitative research to capture preferences for local approaches to managing water and provide additional context on dynamics in the Colorado River Basin, including interviews with 12 agricultural producers and water experts and a focus group with 10 agricultural water users in Colorado.Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Whitney MacMillan Private Lands Stewardship PorgramagriculturefarmingranchingirrigationirrigatorsColorado River Basinwater shortagessurveyfocus grouppolicy