Established in 1865, the Colorado River Indian Reservation was set aside for indigenous residents of the Colorado River and its tributaries. Today, the Reservation includes approximately 300,000 acres of lands and is primarily home to four distinct tribes – the Mohave, Chemehuevi, Hopi, and Navajo. The Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) have territory that stretches along 56 miles of lower Colorado River lands with the majority of their reservation located in Arizona. Following the decision of Arizona v. California, the CRIT is entitled to the diversion of 719,248 acre-feet (AF) of water annually (662,402 in AZ and 56,846 in CA). This water is intended to supply the consumptive irrigation uses for 107,903 acres of land as CRIT’s economy is based largely on agricultural activity. Irrigation infrastructure on the CRIT lands is in a significant state of disrepair, and the CRIT is implementing a number of projects to improve irrigation efficiency. These projects will increase resilience for tribal farm operations by maintaining irrigation for economic development; open the door for tribal water management that can support system conservation agreements to leave water in Lake Mead; open pathways to lease water to support non-tribal water uses in central Arizona; and create the potential to advance/expand environmental benefits on the CRIT reservation.