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@CWCB_DNR: Forest Health White Paper Finalized
From the Colorado Water Conservation Board: Forest health is an important driver of overall watershed health and is a focus area in the Colorado
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Ouray County asks state water board to delay filing aimed at instream flow protection: County wants first to work out state opposition to Cow Creek project — @AspenJournalism
Ouray County Water Users Association wants to build Ram’s Horn Reservoir on the upper reach of Cow Creek, shown here. Ouray County has requested
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First Update of #RioGrande Basin Implementation Plan Nears Completion — #Alamosa Citizen
Rio Grande Pyramid From the Rio Grande Basin Roundtable via The Alamosa Citizen (Chris Lopez): THE 2015 Colorado Water Plan (CWP) was developed in
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#CrystalRiver restoration finding its footing in #Carbondale park: #Colorado Water Conservation Board considering grant to fund half of $1.46 million effort — @AspenJournalism
The Crystal River widens and becomes shallower just before it passes under the southern bridge into River Valley Ranch. A group of local
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April 2021 #Drought Update — @ColoradoDNR
The U.S. Drought Monitor from April 20th showed slight improvements in areas near Larimer and Boulder counties. Similar to last month, exceptional
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Stream Management Planning & Rancher Stewardship in #Colorado — The River Network
Photo credit: The River Network From The River Network (Mikhaela Mullins): Since 2017, River Network has worked to increase the number and quality of
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@CWCB_DNR: Confluence Newsletter April 2021
Left Hand Creek NW of Boulder, Colorado. By Kayakcraig – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=48080249 Click
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@CWCB_DNR Releases #DemandManagement Framework, Continues Feasibility Investigation #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification #DCP
The Crystal River runs low outside of Carbondale on September 1, 2020. With average temperatures warming in summer months by as much as 3.5 degrees
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#Colorado #Water Plan Environmental & Recreational Workshop — @CWCB_DNR #COWaterPlan
Fishing the Big Thompson River. Photo credit: Larimer County Click here for all the inside skinny and to register: Join the Colorado Water
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OPINION: #Water issues and wolves — Don Coram via The #Montrose Daily Press #COleg
Image from Grand County on June 6, 2020 provided courtesy of Jessica Freeman via Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Here’s a guest column from Don Coram
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2020 #COleg: New #Colorado Instream Flow and Natural Lake Level Program Rules Now Effective (HB20-1157 Loaned Water For Instream Flows To Improve Environment) — @CWCB_DNR
An angler in the Yampa River in Steamboat Springs in early March 2020. Designating part of the Yampa River as over-appropriated would require some
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No blarney: State approves up to $75 million for water projects, fire-scarred watersheds — @WaterEdCO
From Water Education Colorado (Jerd Smith): Colorado’s fire-scarred mountainsides, small-town water districts, drought-stricken rivers and
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A #ColoradoRiver Showdown Is Looming. Let The Posturing Begin — KUNC #COriver #aridification #DCP #LakePowellPipeline
Horseshoe Bend. From KUNC (Luke Runyon and Lexi Perry): A showdown is looming on the Colorado River. The river’s existing management guidelines are
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Virtual Public Meeting: Conditions on the upper San Juan, Navajo, and Blanco Rivers, Hosted by: The Upper #SanJuanRiver Watershed Enhancement Partnership, March 31, 2021 #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification
Click here for all the inside skinny. From The Upper San Juan Watershed Enhancement Partnership (Mandy Eskelson and Al Pfister) via The Pagosa
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Underrecognized and underserved communities in #Colorado #water planning — @WaterEdCO
Selection of the 2015 native heirloom maize harvest of the seed library of The Acequia Institute in Viejo San Acacio, COPhoto by Devon G. Peña From