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Use it or lose it.That saying is at the heart of how access to water is managed in the western U.S. Laws that govern water in more arid states, like…
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The number of deaths and accidents on Colorado’s rivers is right around normal for a high flow year, according to data from the conservation group…
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Groundwater pumping is causing rivers and small streams throughout the country to decline, according to a new study from researchers at the Colorado…
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Early season snowfall in some parts of the Colorado River Basin have raised hopes of a drought recovery. But that optimism is likely premature.In…
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The effects of climate change are already being felt at the headwaters of the West’s most important river system, according to a study released earlier…
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A menace lurks beneath the snow high up in the southern Rocky Mountains.At first glance it seems innocuous, another piece of a dynamic alpine ecosystem,…
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In 2014, the Colorado River did something it hadn’t done in decades. For a few short weeks that spring, the overdrawn, overallocated river reached the…
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The first official forecast for the amount of water expected in the Colorado River and its Rocky Mountain tributaries this spring is in, and the outlook…
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After a very dry fall, Colorado’s snowpack has bounced back. Statewide, the snowpack is at almost 160 percent of normal, with the state’s historically…
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Some native fish in the Colorado River and its tributaries are struggling to stay afloat. Invasive species, dams and water diversions all complicate the…