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A private water company is leading a $150 million rush for Northern Colorado #groundwater — Jerd Smith (Fresh Water News) #SouthPlatteRiver
5+ hour, 56+ min ago (1262+ words) The health of our waters is the principal measure of how we live on the land " Luna Leopold Click the link to read the article on the Water Education Colorado website (Jerd Smith): A private development company is investing $150 million…...
Opinion: Billions of dollars later, #Arizona is almost out of water, time and options: The #ColoradoRiver’s supply and demand problems are solvable, but the window to fix them before major calamity occurs is rapidly closing — AZCentral.com #COriver #aridification
8+ mon, 6+ hour ago (293+ words) The Colorado River near Black Canyon before Hoover Dam. Photo via InkStain. Click the link to read the opinion column on the AZCentral.com website (Joanna Allhands). Here's an excerpt: April 24, 2025 The agreements propping up Lake Mead and Lake Powell…...
Improving #GunnisonRiver basin water resources one project at a time — The Gunnison Country Times
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (177+ words) Milkweed, sweet peas, and a plethora of other flora billow from Farmer's Ditch in the North Fork Valley of western Colorado. Jonathan P. Thompson photo. Click the link to read the article on the Gunnison Country Times website (Beverly Richards). Here's…...
Dwindling water supply, legal questions push #ColoradoRiver into ‘wildly uncharted territory’: Threat of compact call hangs over seven-state talks — Heather Sackett (AspenJournalism.org) #COriver #aridification
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (1213+ words) Lake Powell at Wahweap Marina as seen in December 2021. Dwindling streamflows and falling reservoir levels have made it more likely that what some experts call a Colorado River Compact "tripwire" will be hit in 2027. Credit: Heather Sackett/Aspen Journalism Click…...
President Trump hands public lands to the mining industry: Plus: Using public lands for housing — again — Jonathan P. Thompson (LandDesk.org)
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (1014+ words) Click the link to read the article on The Land Desk website (Jonathan P. Thompson): March 25, 2025 "Mining Monitor " Satellite image of a portion of the Morenci Mine in Arizona. Source: Google Earth. Last week, President Trump signed an'executive order" his 150th so…...