Aspen Journalism (https://www.aspenjournalism.org/)
Updates on the spread and the fallout focusing on Pitkin, Eagle and Garfield counties.
A collaborative effort among federal, state and local officials is critical to reducing the chemical toxic to endangered fish.
The Fry-Ark grew out of post-World War II optimism when government championed big projects and environmentalism was a seedling.
“While this is bad news for skiers, it also means a challenge for western water managers who count on cloud seeding to increase water supplies by increasing snowfall in the mountainous headwaters of the Colorado River and its tributaries.”
Step II does not include a large-scale pilot program, but it leaves the door open to develop one in the future, potentially in collaboration with other upper-basin states.
The loan will allow Glenwood Springs, which takes most of its municipal water supply from No Name and Grizzly creeks, to reduce the elevated sediment load in the water supply taken from the creeks as a result of the fire.
Representatives from local groups expressed frustration that the permitting process for the creek relocation is happening after the fact, and they said they plan to submit comments to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the agency overseeing the permit application.
Studies show residential buildout is no more than halfway done, and that new homes are getting bigger and consuming more.
First, ice jammed the plant’s spillway in February, damaging equipment that required repair. Then the Grizzly Peak Fire burned down its transmission lines.
“It was the one issue that’s not partisan, that was about uniting a very politically diverse region,” according to River District general manager Andy Mueller.
