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Colorado farmers fight to save their water and their community’s future ‘We can either...
One day in mid-July, Colorado state engineer Kevin Rein stood before a packed room of farmers and ranchers and admitted that he might be...
Guest Post: Colorado should build a wall – of nature
If you think it’s bad now, the worst is still to come. In a news report two weeks ago, the Colorado state demographer stated...
Guest Post: NIMBYs are Earth Warriors
Last weekend I stood in the back yard of a mountain house overlooking the massive proposed expansion of Gross Dam in western Boulder County....
Trump EPA failing at its mission, say four former agency bosses Rep. Diana DeGette:...
WASHINGTON -- Four former heads of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday blasted the Trump administration’s management of the agency, a show of...
‘We can’t nickle-dime this thing.’ Water Congress comes up dry on funds for Colorado...
When Gov. Jared Polis took office in January, he took responsibility for ensuring that Colorado doesn’t run out of water. Many in the water...
One tribal nation could decide the fate of Arizona’s drought plan The Gila River...
In Arizona, the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan now hinges on the approval of tribal nations. The plan is meant to levy water cuts to seven...
Four seasons: Colorado water in a changing climate Part 1: The life and death...
Editor’s Note: Over the next year, The Colorado Independent will examine, season by season, the effects climate change is having on the state’s water...
Lake Dillon is warming, but its water quality remains OK, study finds
A new environmental study has some rare good news for stressed Colorado water managers: Lake Dillon, the Summit County reservoir that supplies water to...
How best to share the disappearing Colorado River Seven Western states must rewrite the...
As early as 2020, hydrologists forecast that the level of Lake Mead, the largest reservoir on the Colorado River, could drop low enough to...
What the 2018 farm bill means for the West Lawmakers see hemp legalization and...
After a long journey through the Senate and House agriculture committees, the 2018 farm bill is expected to clear the president’s desk soon. The bill, which...