Colorado Voters Choose to Protect Our Rivers
Nov 06, 2020 -
On November 3, Colorado voters passed two key ballot measures to help keep our rivers healthy and flowing. Together these measures will generate nearly $8... The high cost of climate change is already straining the budgets of Colorado towns
Nov 06, 2020 -
The Grizzly Creek fire still is smoldering, but Glenwood Springs is already contemplating the challenges it will leave behind: severe damage to the forest drainages the Western Slope city... Millions in new taxes approved for West Slope, Front Range water districts
Nov 04, 2020 -
Water won big in Colorado on Election Day as voters in two multi-county districts approved property tax increases to fund water projects and programs. St. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy District tax increase carrying with swell of Boulder County support
Nov 04, 2020 -
A tax increase to support the St. Vrain and Left Hand Water Conservancy District appears poised to pass, carried by the support of Boulder County voters. The St. Vrain... Colorado River District Issue 7A: Voters overwhelmingly pass River District tax hike
Nov 03, 2020 -
Western Slope voters have overwhelmingly passed a proposal by the Colorado River Water Conservation District to raise property taxes across its 15-county region. Are Colorado homeowners stalling out on conservation?
Nov 01, 2020 -
The summer days of 2019 in Castle Rock were hot and endless. School teacher Kirsten Schuman, pregnant with her second child, wearily watered her suburban yard only to see... Weak 2020 water year comes to a close
Oct 22, 2020 -
The blizzards of January and February seem like distant dreams to Colorado water managers. What started as a promising year for water supply — with above-average snowpack as of... Wildfire in Our Watersheds
Oct 22, 2020 -
Colorado is in the midst of prime wildfire season. Wildfires have gripped Colorado for much of the summer and they continue to burn—with both historic size and force into... Eagle River Watershed Council: How fires impact our rivers
Oct 15, 2020 -
Fire is in the headlines these days, with more than 4 million acres burned to date this year on the West Coast. Our fire season here in Colorado has... For The West’s Drinking Water, Wildfire Concerns Linger Long After Smoke Clears
Oct 14, 2020 -
For many communities in the West, the water that flows out of kitchen faucets and bathroom showerheads starts high up in the mountains, as snowpack tucked under canopies of... Grants to aid in keeping restored riversides restored
Oct 13, 2020 -
Over the years, broad-based coalitions have worked to restore area riverside habitat through removal of invasive species including tamarisk and Russian olive trees, and revegetation. Now, more than $200,000... Climate change likely to keep hammering Colorado River’s biggest reservoirs
Oct 08, 2020 -
The Colorado River’s largest reservoirs are expected to keep struggling over the next five years due to climate change, according to the federal agency that oversees them. Happy New Water Year, where’d all that Colorado River water go?
Oct 07, 2020 -
Shrouded in pandemic fog, I’m only now getting to my sorta annual “Happy New Water Year!” post, where I traditionally look on in alarm at dropping Colorado River Basin reservoir... These hay fields may know something we don’t: how to save the Colorado River
Oct 07, 2020 -
Grand County rancher Paul Bruchez stands in a hay field near Kremmling, holding a small tuft of hay between his fingertips, twirling it back and forth, seeing how quickly... 
Water for Colorado Votes For Healthy Rivers and a Secure Water Future
Oct 06, 2020 -
Colorado’s rivers are the lifeblood of the West, contributing billions of dollars to the economy each year. Without healthy rivers and a secure water supply,...