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Is a water war brewing on the Colorado River?
Officials from Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, and New Mexico recently sent a letter to counterparts in Arizona, hoping to avert a crisis. The problem, if...
Dryland: Farmers in tough places to do agriculture are innovating for climate change
"Dryland" farmers on the high plains of Colorado grow their crops with whatever falls from the sky—no irrigation, no pumped groundwater—just what Mother Nature...
Undocumented: A life, a home and a family in the rural West
This story is the first in a series that examines a community grappling with uncertainties around immigration in one of Colorado’s poorest rural counties.
Before...
What the battle over the Dream Act means for the West
For a short time, soccer seemed like it might be Daniela Benitez’s ticket to attending college. She didn’t begin playing soccer until the eighth...
‘Orphaned’ oil and gas wells are on the rise
In March 2015, Joe MacLaren, a state oil and gas inspector in Colorado, drove out to the Taylor 3 oil well near the tiny...
Analysis: What a new report on climate science portends for the West
The complexity of climate change means it’s hard to trace simple lines from cause to effect in daily life, much less plan for the...