Category: Climate and Drought

The Colorado River’s Risky Future

October 25, 2018 by Nelson Harvey

A center pivot irrigates a field in the San Luis Valley. Tensions have been high in the valley since Front Range developers proposed moving water out of the valley to metro Denver. Fresh Water News, along with PBS documentary series This American Land, traveled to the valley as part of a new partnership. Credit: Jerd Smith

Drought slams $15M voluntary conservation effort in Colorado potato country

September 26, 2018 by Jerd Smith

Five Years Later: Recovery Since the 2013 Flooding

September 12, 2018

Photos shows Blue Mesa Reservoir near Gunnison in 2017, when the giant storage pond was nearly full. Credit: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

Colorado’s stressed reservoirs hit new lows, state extends drought response

by Jerd Smith

Afterburn: Ag, water, environmental power brokers in early talks to form nonpartisan forest/water advocacy group

August 22, 2018 by Jerd Smith

Could small town water woes threaten Colorado-Kansas accord?

July 25, 2018 by Jerd Smith

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