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Colorado DNR exec asks locals for help as $88M firefighting effort shifts into high gear
by Jerd Smith | December 1, 2021

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As winter wildfires burn, will they forever alter Colorado’s forests, water?
November 17, 2021 by Jason Plautz
Lake Powell, created with the 1963 completion of Glen Canyon Dam, is the upper basin's largest reservoir on the Colorado River. But 2000-2019 has provided the least amount of inflow into the reservoir, making it the lowest 20-year period since the dam was built, as evidenced by the "bathtub ring" and dry land edging the reservoir, which was underwater in the past. As of October 1, 2019, Powell was 55 percent full. Credit: EcoFlight
New era? Western cities using wetland parks, stormwater capture and mobile wastewater collection
November 10, 2021 by Jerd Smith
Colorado lawmakers propose millions in funding to slash groundwater use; curb water profiteering
November 3, 2021 by Larry Morandi
Questions in North Park as Colorado makes case for new rules to measure water diversions
October 27, 2021 by Allen Best
Nine Colorado roundtables submit $20.3B in water project lists, ask for public’s input
October 20, 2021 by Jerd Smith
Special Report: As Lake Powell hits record lows, is filling a new drought pool the answer?
October 13, 2021 by Jerd Smith
West Slope water officials sound alarm on climate change, shrinking water supplies
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The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Sept. 10, 2019. Credit: Jerd Smith
Colorado launches PFAS takeback, emergency grant programs
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