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New poll: Slim majority supports spending more to protect Colorado’s water
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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
Are New York billionaires different than Colorado’s? Work group eyes new tools to stop water profiteering
February 17, 2021 by Jerd Smith

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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
Are New York billionaires different than Colorado’s? Work group eyes new tools to stop water profiteering
February 17, 2021 by Jerd Smith

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