State skewered for spending taxpayer money to study pricey, private water pipeline plans

Members of the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) today voted to spend an initial $72,000 to form a task force to study the feasibility of two separate proposals to pipe water out of the Green River in southwest Wyoming to Colorado’s Front Range.

Upper Colorado lands sixth spot on America’s Most Endangered Rivers list

The scenic Upper Colorado River between its headwaters in Rocky Mountain National Park and its confluence with the Roaring Fork River has landed the sixth spot on the America’s Most Endangered Rivers list.

Threatened by two major diversion projects…