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Rica Fulton and Jen Pelz

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Opinion: The simple, big reason Colorado’s rivers are drying up

by Rica Fulton and Jen Pelz 1:30 AM MDT on Apr 6, 2022

Icy beads of water are beginning to form and flow off the San Juan Mountains in southern Colorado. As the droplets merge into tiny trickles, they are pulled on vast journeys to the rivers who carry them to the sea. Along Colorado’s Continental Divide, water droplets may embark on a nearly 1,900-mile journey down the […]

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