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Cattle have their evening meal in the San Luis Valley. June 6, 2019. Credit: Jerd Smith
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Colorado State Capitol. Credit: Jerd Smith
Colorado eyes foreclosure against troubled Pueblo water company with $1.4 million in delinquencies
November 11, 2020 by Jerd Smith
Millions in new taxes approved for West Slope, Front Range water districts
November 4, 2020 by Sarah Kuta
High marks and worries on home water conservation: Is Colorado’s effort stalling?
October 28, 2020 by Jerd Smith
Colorado water regulators are asking lawmakers to allow them to assume oversight of streams once protected by the Clean Water Act. Credit: Jeff Rice, Sterling Journal-Advocate
Aurora inks $43.7 million in water deals on South Platte River
October 21, 2020 by Jerd Smith
Standley Lake in Westminster. The ongoing drought, which shows no signs of easing this fall, has left Colorado's reservoirs at just 84 percent of average capacity, down from 112 percent of average last year at this time. Credit: Jerd Smith, Fresh Water News
Colorado reservoirs down 25 percent as drought persists
October 14, 2020 by Sarah Kuta
Research technician and Grand County rancher Wendy Thompson collects hay samples as part of a far-reaching experiment to see if ranchers can fallow hay meadows and conserve more water for the Colorado River. Credit: Dave Timko, This American Land. Aug. 12, 2020
These hay fields may know something we don’t: how to save the Colorado River
October 7, 2020 by Jerd Smith
Water conservation payments to Colorado ranchers could top $120M; is it enough?
September 30, 2020 by Jerd Smith
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Cattle have their evening meal in the San Luis Valley. June 6, 2019. Credit: Jerd Smith
Anti-speculation working group digs in, as concern over profiteering continues
November 18, 2020 by Sarah Kuta

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