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Dozens of federal officials and water experts from New Mexico, Colorado and Texas gather for the Rio Grande Compact Commission's annual meeting in Santa Fe, N.M., Thursday, Mar. 20, 2014. Commissioners heard about the challenges water managers will face due to the effects of drought on the Rio Grande. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
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Colorado Commissioner Dick Wolfe, right, asks a question during the Rio Grande Compact Commission's annual meeting in Santa Fe, N.M., Thursday, Mar. 20, 2014. Commissioners heard from federal experts about the challenges water managers will face due to the effects of drought on the Rio Grande. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
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In this March 3, 2014 image, tumbleweeds crowd the edge of the Rio Grande as it flows through Albuquerque, N.M. Members of the Rio Grande Compact Commission met Thursday, March 20, 2014, in Santa Fe for their annual meeting to discuss management of the river. Federal experts testified that water managers in New Mexico, Colorado and Texas will face challenges this year due to the effects of drought on the river. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
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A young girl looks up at a canopy of blooming cherry blossoms along the tidal basin in Washington. (Associated Press)
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Sightseers take photos of the cherry blossoms trees in full bloom along the Tidal Basin. (Associated Press)
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The rising Grand River approaches homes on Abrigador Trail in Comstock Park, Mich. Thursday, March 20, 2014. A flood watch is in effect for the Grand River around Grand Rapids due to ice jams along the waterway. The National Weather Service reports jams are confirmed in at least two areas, with chunks of ice about 8 inches thick in places. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Chris Clark) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT
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A measuring stick shows an unofficial height of the rising Grand River as it approaches homes on Abrigador Trail in Comstock Park, Mich., Thursday, March 20, 2014. A flood watch is in effect for the Grand River around Grand Rapids due to ice jams along the waterway. The National Weather Service reports jams are confirmed in at least two areas, with chunks of ice about 8 inches thick in places. (AP Photo/The Grand Rapids Press, Chris Clark) ALL LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL TV INTERNET OUT
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The U.S. Coast Guard ice cutter Neah Bay breaks up ice on the River Raisin in the turning basin at the Port of Monroe Thursday, March 20, 2014, in Monroe, Mich. In the background is DTE Energy of Monroe. (AP Photo/The Monroe News, Tom Hawley)
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The U.S. Coast Guard ice cutter Neah Bay breaks ice up on the River Raisin in the turning basin, Thursday, March 20, 2014, at the Port of Monroe in Monroe, Mich. (AP Photo/The Monroe News, Tom Hawley)
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Georgia quarterback Hutson Mason (14) throws a pass during a Georgia spring football practice on Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Athens, Ga. (AP Photo/Athens Banner-Herald, AJ Reynolds)
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In this photo taken Feb. 26, 2014, is a tug pulling an Alyeska Pipeline SERVS (Ship Escort and Response Vessel System) barge through the port of Valdez in an oil response drill in Valdez, Alaska. The company conducts two major spill drills a year after the Exxon Valdez ran aground in March 1989, spilling nearly 11 million gallons of crude in Prince William Sound. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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In this photo taken Feb. 26, 2014, is the terminus of the 800-mile trans-Alaska oil pipeline in Valdez, Alaska. The Exxon Valdez loaded up at the terminus and then ran aground near Bligh Reef in March 1989, spilling nearly 11 million gallons of crude in Prince William Sound. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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In this photo taken Feb. 26, 2014, are vessels in the small boat harbor in Valdez, Alaska. When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in March 1989, spilling nearly 11 million gallons of crude in Prince William Sound, many fisheries were hurt by the disaster and many fishermen lost boats or homes. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
