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Hay meadows in pristine #Colorado river basins put to work as water-quality test labs — Jerd Smith (Fresh Water News)
1+ day, 35+ min ago (764+ words) Click the link to read the article on the Water Education Colorado website (Jerd Smith): Colorado ranchers who own some of the state’s most scenic landscapes are joining new research efforts to better understand emerging water quality issues in the…...
Army Corps of Engineers – Coyote Gulch
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (211+ words) Click the link to read the article on the InkStain website (John Fleck): Here’s Bernalillo County Commissioner Barbara Baca, chair of the ABCWUA board: As I and others have written previously, we’re seeing extraordinary stress on the riverside trees, the…...
“Hatcher is absolutely the top priority, keep that lake as full as possible, and thank goodness for the bit of rains we’ve been getting” — Andrew Connor via The #PagosaSprings Sun #SanJuanRiver
2+ week, 1+ day ago (238+ words) coyotegulch.blog Click the link to read the article on the Pagosa Springs Sun website (Josh Pike). Here’s an excerpt: The Pagosa Area Water and Sanitation District (PAWSD) Board of Directors heard an update on drought conditions and continued discussions…...
‘Devastating’ cuts: Nevada is first state to file suit over Colorado River plan — Las Vegas Review-Journal #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
2+ week, 6+ day ago (269+ words) coyotegulch.blog Click the link to read the article on the Las Vegas Review Journal website (Alan Halaly). Here’s an excerpt: Nevada officials filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s order for cuts in water use Monday, marking a…...
#ColoradoRiver crisis threatens crops, not #Wyoming’s dam plans, experts say: Feds’ new plan doesn’t resolve crop-threatening water shortage and likely will end up in court, two professors reckon — Angus M. Thuermer Jr. (WyoFile.com) #COriver #aridification
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (1079+ words) Click the link to read the article on the WyoFile website (Angus M. Thuermer Jr.): A federal drought plan for the Colorado River and its tributaries in Wyoming shouldn’t stop Wyoming from building a new dam and reservoir in Carbon County,…...
Another #LakeMead #LakePowell milestone — Jack Schmidt and John Fleck (InkStain.net) #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
3+ week, 21+ hour ago (258+ words) Click the link to read the article on the InkStain website (Jack Schmidt and John Fleck): When Lake Mead’s elevation crossed the threshold of 1,040 feet above sea level in the spring of 1937, stretching upstream 100 miles behind Hoover Dam in the…...
Interior Department Finalizes Plans for 2027-2028 Colorado River Operations: Secretary Burgum signs 2027-2028 Operating Guidelines and Record of Decision #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
3+ week, 1+ day ago (791+ words) coyotegulch.blog The Department of the Interior issued the 2027-2028 Operating Guidelines and the Record of Decision for the Post-2026 Colorado River Operations Final EIS, establishing a 10-year Decision Framework with a broad operational range that will be used to develop…...
Federal Water Tap, August 17, 2026: Two Big Colorado River Reservoirs Hit Record Lows — Brett Walton (circleofblue.org) #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
3+ week, 4+ day ago (565+ words) Click the link to read the article on the Circle of Blue website (Brett Walton): And lastly, the two big Colorado River reservoirs drop to all-time lows as the federal government prepares a new two-year operating plan. Line 5 DecisionThe Army…...
Colorado River crisis: Lake Mead, Lake Powell inch closer to ‘dead pool’ — #Colorado Politics #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
3+ week, 6+ day ago (239+ words) Click the link too read the article on the Colorado Politics website (Marianne Goodland). Here’s an excerpt: Hoover Dam, which created Lake Mead, was completed in 1935. The reservoir was last at full in 1983. If the reservoir loses another 4.76 feet, Hoover…...
The shrinking #BlueMesaReservoir: Long-inundated town of Iola, #GunnisonRiver bed emerge — The #ColoradoSprings Gazette
3+ week, 6+ day ago (303+ words) coyotegulch.blog Click the link to read the article on the Colorado Springs Gazette website (Savanah Eller). Here’s an excerpt: This past week, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation posted an attention-grabbing statistic. By dropping to less than 25% of its capacity,…...