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Aurora, Colorado Springs own water near Leadville. They may need to redraw a wilderness area to access it.
The first step for the Front Range cities, which want to act on their decades-old water rights, is to drill test bores for a proposed dam that would flood a Holy Cross Wilderness access road
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Water crisis looms if Colorado fails to meet its legal obligations to other states, study warns
By Jerd Smith Environment Primary category in which blog post is published
After decades of negotiations, restoration efforts on Colorado’s heavily diverted Fraser River are showing signs of success
By Moe Clark
A new federal grant program allots $10 million for high-hazard dams in Colorado, 25 other states
By The Associated Press Environment Primary category in which blog post is published
Interior Department proposes coveted water deal to ex-client of Secretary David Bernhardt
By The Associated Press Environment Primary category in which blog post is published
How tiny Branson, through crowdfunding and new water tech, saved itself from drying up
Faced with an inadequate filtration system and a $1.2 million estimate to fix it, the community of 55 people got creative. And it paid off.
The most thrilling commute in Colorado: How Grizzly Reservoir’s caretakers keep water flowing
Married couple among the army of longtime custodians making sure water from the remote reservoir east of Aspen makes it to thirsty populations in Colorado Springs, Pueblo and Aurora
As metro Denver grows, another caller wants to tap the vast aquifer under the San Luis Valley
Politically well-connected Renewable Water Resources has Gov. Bill Owens in its court, but a coalition of water warriors has fended off two other attempts
Prop. DD explained: What sports gambling would mean in Colorado and how much (or little) it would generate
Proponents of Proposition DD on the statewide ballot highlight the money earmarked for water conservation projects, but revenue estimates are a wild card
Colorado, other Western states oppose federal government plan to charge for reservoir water
Attorneys general from a dozen western states want the Trump administration to halt a proposal by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that they say usurps states' authority over their own water.
Deep mountain snow raised Lake Mead, Lake Powell water lines. But for the first time, supply cuts loom downstream.
The Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan inked this spring is triggering “a new era” of mandatory cuts for Arizona and Nevada
Aurora spent $34 million on water from a toxic mine. It’s not as crazy as it sounds.
The plan to tap the aquifer above Park County's London Mine could provide a template for how thirsty cities can draw on new sources of clean water, while also cleaning up polluted mine runoff
Colorado’s snowy winter and wet spring were a boon to the state’s reservoirs. These satellite photos show it.
At the start of August, Colorado reservoirs were at 80% their capacity. A year ago, their fill ratio was just 60%.
Climate change is transforming Western forests. And that could have big consequences far beyond wildfires.
The heat of a warming planet, like an artist’s palette knife on a canvas, etches its way across Western forests, slowly altering ecosystems that have flourished for centuries.
