Pumping water from the Western Slope to the Front Range reduces clarity in Grand Lake, even though its scenic values are protected by federal law
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Search continues for Colorado man missing in Rocky Mountain National Park since last week
Experienced runner Chad Pallansch, 49, was last heard from Sept. 27 before setting out on a 28-mile hike across the park
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Crayfish have invaded Lake Granby, the species’ first dangerous foray into the Colorado River system
One fish, two fish, good fish, crayfish. The rusty version of the species eats everything in sight.
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Grand Lake advocates want Colorado lawmakers to endorse restoration as lake’s clarity deteriorates
The local group is in a bureaucratic stalemate concerning the federal Colorado-Big Thompson Project, which moves water under the Continental Divide to Front Range communities
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Is the water in Grand Lake too murky?
A local advocacy group has renewed longstanding questions about how pumping water from Grand County to the Front Range disrupts Colorado’s largest and deepest natural lake
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Grand Lake voters turn out in force to retain Mayor Steve Kudron in recall sparked by workforce housing plan
The election to recall Grand Lake Mayor Steve Kudron not only ended in disappointment for the town’s old guard, but it may have also empowered a new wave of residents to become involved in local politics. Longtime Grand Lake residents filed a petition with the town to recall Kudron, citing improper leadership, fiscal irresponsibility, violation […]
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Grand Lake, still reeling from East Troublesome fire, is being shaken again by mayoral recall over housing
Like a dozen Grand Lake mayors before him, Steve Kudron smiled and waved at his constituents during the annual Buffalo Days parade last month. But Kudron added a twist no one had ever seen in 74 years of Buffalo Days. The vintage Hummer he paraded in sported a sign reading: “Vote No! Stop the Recall […]
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20 years of planning saved Rocky Mountain National Park from the worst of the East Troublesome fire. It will take 20 more to fix the damage.
Early on the morning of Oct. 23, Mike Lewelling stood at the Forest Canyon Overlook on Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park and stared 2,500 feet down into what he called a cauldron of fire and swirling wood smoke. The East Troublesome fire had Lewelling, the park’s fire management officer for 15 years, […]
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How three families that lost their homes in Colorado’s record-breaking 2020 wildfires are coping
The worst wildfires on record raged in Colorado last year. Hundreds of thousands of acres burned, hundreds of homes went up in flames and two people were killed. Though the flames are out, Grand, Boulder and Larimer counties — where the most structural losses occurred — have only just started down the long road to […]
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Squeezed by two megafires: Northern Water’s race to save Grand Lake
Craig Friar and Steve Anderson had seen wildfires smolder and flare before. But they had never seen one run. Until Oct. 21, when the East Troublesome fire sprinted 17 miles in less than three hours, threatening to engulf communities and giving these Northern Water staffers and others just hours to decide how best to move […]