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PARCHED: Farms could help solve Colorado’s water shortage. So why aren’t they?
Colorado’s looming water shortage would be easier to quench if farmers and ranchers were willing to part, if only temporarily, with some of their supplies.
But...
Mitchell named new director of Colorado Water Conservation Board
Rebecca “Becky” Mitchell, who currently heads up the water supply planning section of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, today was named the agency’s new...
Listen up! Indy Weekly Podcast, Episode 6: Will Colorado run out of water?
Colorado's population is expected to grow from about 5.5 million in 2016 to as many as 10 million people by 2050. Unless we start...
PARCHED: Why Colorado could use a big drought.
There’s nothing like a drought to turn everyone’s attention to water conservation.
Colorado’s last major drought was from 2001 to 2002. It wasn’t the length...
Lawmakers lament they “don’t have more influence” moving state water plan forward
Two sessions have passed since Gov. John Hickenlooper rolled out Colorado’s first statewide water plan, yet lawmakers have made little progress toward the plan’s...
Wiretap: Trump flies all the way to Saudi Arabia and forgets to say “radical...
Donald Trump gave his big Saudi speech on terrorism without saying the words "radical Islamic terrorism." And the same Trump who once said, "I...
Climate change is shrinking the West’s water supply
Picture a snowflake drifting down from a frigid February sky in western Colorado and settling high in the Rocky Mountains. By mid-April, the alpine...
BLM’s planned lease sale of 100,000 Colorado acres for drilling prompts legal protest
The Bureau of Land Management’s proposal to auction approximately 100,000 acres of federal public lands in northern Colorado for oil and gas drilling has...
Trump budget could impact nearly 14,000 environmental workers in Colorado
The Trump administration released its budget proposal Thursday, after sending clear signals that proposed defense spending will swell and non-defense budgets – particularly of...
West Slope lawmakers to Front Range: No more West Slope water until you use...
Seven Western Slope Republican lawmakers have sent Gov. John Hickenlooper a message: No more water for the Front Range until it better uses what...