Marble quarry must build bridge, culvert and improve stream for Clean Water Act violation
Colorado Stone Quarries must rehabilitate streams they illegally diverted in 2018, but some say even more needs to be done.
Stream management planning watered down by agriculture
Flow targets for the environment and recreation are lacking, according to a recent report.
Lawmakers suspend attempt at legislative fix for water speculation
Colorado lawmakers have suspended an attempt to prohibit outside investors from profiting off the state’s water.
Spring runoff forecast looks better than last two years
Colorado’s predictions for spring runoff are looking better than the past two years, but streamflows are still expected to be below normal.
Glenwood Springs secures water right for whitewater parks
Glenwood Springs has secured a conditional water right for three whitewater parks on the Colorado River after a long fought court battle.
Ruedi Reservoir at lowest level in two decades
Ruedi Reservoir on Colorado's Fryingpan River is 54% full and at its lowest level in 19 years.
Lake Powell to dip below target elevation
Despite emergency releases from upper basin reservoirs to prop up Lake Powell, levels are still projected to dip below a critical threshold.
Turf replacement bill gains ground
Colorado could soon have a program that would pay property owners to get rid of one of the largest water uses for Western Slope water providers: grass.
Rancher grapples with abandonment listing
The Fetcher Ranch, like many in Colorado, is struggling with an abandonment policy that may strip water rights from the land.
Popular ditch inventories remain private despite being publicly funded
Is Colorado’s most precious resource a public good or a private property right?