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Tracking the Curve: Documenting COVID-19 in Pitkin, Eagle and Garfield counties
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Updates on the spread and the fallout focusing on Pitkin, Eagle and Garfield counties.
Aspen Journalism (https://www.aspenjournalism.org/)
Updates on the spread and the fallout focusing on Pitkin, Eagle and Garfield counties.
But while many have heralded the Windy Gap Firming Project as the beginning of a new era of cooperation in water management, not everyone agrees that mitigating environmental damage to the river is enough.
More monitoring may be recommended; “We definitely need to dig deeper,” said one Pitkin County official
Denver Water may offer lessons useful to water managers, who will be dealing with impacts from the East Troublesome Fire for years, perhaps decades.
But the decree, while granting Rangely-based Rio Blanco the amount of storage it was seeking, doesn’t allow the district all the water uses that it initially wanted.
Colorado Stone Quarries officials must address public comments, propose plan to mitigate damage caused by creek relocation.
Greater efficiency, renewable energy storage are implementation goals.
Occurrence tied to warming trend, may be influenced by ranching history.
Division 6 Water Judge Michael A O’Hara III, in a Dec. 23 order, determined that Rio Blanco Water Conservancy District has not provided enough evidence that its current existing water rights won’t meet demands in the categories of municipal, irrigation, domestic, in-reservoir piscatorial, commercial and augmentation for Yellow Jacket Water Conservancy District.
Proposal on the Blue River would grow food for undernourished fish using phosphorus, which can cause toxic algae blooms