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American Rivers ranks Green, Crystal among nation’s most endangered waterways

By | 05.15.12 | 5:39 am

Water withdrawals are threatening the Green River as potential dams and diversions are putting fish, wildlife and recreation at risk on the Crystal River, according to a new report.

Flaming Gorge Reservoir.

Pricey Wyoming pipeline project ratchets up water worries along Colorado’s Front Range

By | 09.08.11 | 6:15 am

It’s not exactly Perrier-pricey, but pretty damn close, according to opponents of the massive proposed Flaming Gorge pipeline project that would pump water out of the Green River in southwest Wyoming and suck it back over the Continental Divide to Colorado’s Front Range.

Floating the Green River. Copyright © 2011 FreeLargePhotos.com

Colorado awash in water controversy as activists rally to oppose projects, back EPA

By | 07.27.11 | 11:29 am

Water activists around the region – from Southwest Colorado to Southwest Wyoming to downtown Denver – continued to apply pressure on regulators this week on a variety of critical issues such as opposing the proposed Flaming Gorge Pipeline, backing the Clean Water Act and forcing more scrutiny of uranium mining near the Dolores and San Miguel Rivers.