Aspen Journalism (https://www.aspenjournalism.org/page/3/)
A reprieve from Gallagher, and a new potential water-funding question in 2019, come in to play.
Trump signs DCP bill, IID sues, states must still sign, and Colorado investigates using less water.
An “outage protocol,” and a brief warm spell, kept the river above 1,250 cfs.
Hot, dusty and chaotic is in the forecast from science, and science fiction.
A repair to a rock weir in Basalt had a side effect of reducing passage for boaters.
An agreement with CPW to protect bighorn sheep and fish prioritizes the city’s options.
The water savings would come, in large measure, by paying willing irrigators to fallow hayfields and let water that would otherwise have been consumed run down the Colorado River system to Lake Powell, which is less than 40 percent full.
The former state senator, who has extensive experience working on water-related legislation, joins the CWCB board of directors.
The terrain to be added to Aspen Mountain comes with a history fitting of its name.
Lawsuits from Save the Colorado are challenging demand projections in an effort to leave more water in the Colorado River system.