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“You fall in and you are not getting out”: Rio Grande in southern Colorado closed because of high runoff
Police are warning people to stay away from the raging waterway, which last year was a placid stream. San Luis Valley ranchers, meanwhile, are celebrating.
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Colorado’s rivers are starting to swell — but there are still feet of snow left to melt in the high country
By Jesse Paul Environment Primary category in which blog post is published
With snow still looming in the nearby San Juan Mountains, Lake City prepares for a deadly spring runoff
By Dean Krakel Environment Primary category in which blog post is published
Opinion: Just because it’s been a wet year doesn’t mean we can afford to waste water
By Marshall Brown Opinion
Colorado’s drought situation continues to improve, with just 11% of the state under dry conditions
By Jesse Paul Environment Primary category in which blog post is published
Environment Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado, desperate for snow, explores new takes on the old idea of cloud seeding
The state, prompted by new research, looks to the skies as part of a multi-part plan to boost snowpack
Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published
A declining number of avalanche deaths in Colorado, the West in the past four seasons buoys hope
"We are seeing a success story. But the source of that success is very complicated," said Ethan Greene, director of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center
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Drought has revealed for the first time a Colorado town flooded to build a reservoir. And scientists expect to see it again.
All of the town of Iola has been revealed for the first time since it was inundated in 1966, but water experts say they expect it to happen again and again as the effects of climate change worsen
