Ted Kowalski is a senior environment program officer at the Walton Family Foundation and leads the Foundation’s Colorado River basin initiative, which works to achieve lasting change in the Colorado River Basin by creating new partnerships among conservation, business and community interests to build durable solutions to regional, water-related problems. https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/contributor/ted-kowalski/rss en Agriculture American West Climate & Weather Environment & Wildlife Law & Policy Management & Supply Solutions Thu, 13 Sep 2018 08:00:00 +0000 Ted Kowalski https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2018/09/13/more-conservation-cooperation-vital-to-our-new-era-of-water-shortages https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2018/09/13/more-conservation-cooperation-vital-to-our-new-era-of-water-shortages New evidence tells us water shortages aren’t going away in the Colorado River Basin. They’ll likely just get worse. Survival requires new funding sources and a new commitment to conservation. Agriculture American West Environment & Wildlife Management & Supply Fri, 21 Jul 2017 03:43:05 +0000 Ted Kowalski https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2017/07/21/why-new-infrastructure-is-a-smart-investment-for-the-colorado-river https://www.newsdeeply.com/water/community/2017/07/21/why-new-infrastructure-is-a-smart-investment-for-the-colorado-river Innovative projects are key to improving the resilience of water supplies in the basin’s seven states, writes Ted Kowalski of the Walton Family Foundation’s Colorado River basin initiative.