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To understand the future of the Colorado River, look to a frowny, eel-faced fish: the humpback chub
Talks to revise water-use agreements are set to begin later this year as Colorado River flows shrink. The fate of the humpback chub helps explain the challenge.
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College students find $564 solution to the million-dollar problem with Gillette Flats spring in Teller County
By Sue McMillin Environment Primary category in which blog post is published
The closure of Colorado coal-fired powerplants is freeing up water for thirsty cities
By Ann Imse Energy Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado lawmakers wanted to tackle the state’s PFAS problem. They are taking more of a baby step.
By Moe Clark Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published
Water is Colorado’s most critical resource. So why isn’t it central to every local land-use decision?
A new bill in Colorado's capitol aims to better align local land-use planning with water conservation efforts laid out in the Colorado Water Plan. But is it enough?
As forests burn in Colorado and around the world, drinking water is at risk
Denver Water, which serves 1.4 million customers, discovered “the high cost of being reactive” after ash and sediment runoff from two large, high-intensity fires, in 1996 and 2002, clogged a reservoir
How will Western water be affected by climate change? A tiny Colorado flower may have the answer
Researchers are scouring the landscape near Crested Butte to gather data and inform climate computer models used around the world
Pocket of severe drought lingers over Southwest U.S., including Colorado
In all, nearly 70% of Colorado is abnormally dry or in moderate or severe drought,
Old mining shacks are becoming backcountry ski huts in Colorado’s high country
The North London Mill preservation project in Park County aims to use a long-abandoned gold mill site for outdoor education as part of rural Colorado's shift from extraction to recreation
U.S. water chief praises Colorado River deal, but she also sees challenges
The river supplies 40 million people in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming as well as a $5 billion-a-year agricultural industry
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
Water crisis looms if Colorado fails to meet its legal obligations to other states, study warns
If water consumption increases by as little as 12%, the risk of Front Range spigots and farmland going dry doubles. But some call the findings scare tactics.
