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Colorado author hopes his ode to one of the west’s last wild rivers sparks new generation of stewards
4+ hour, 23+ min ago (633+ words) Steamboat Springs author and adventurer Eugene Buchanan has lived near the banks of the Yampa River long enough to notice its rhythms and moods are often mirrored by the residents in his northwest Colorado ski town. "The river's pulse kind…...
Feds publish possible playbook for managing dwindling Colorado River supply
1+ week, 1+ day ago (432+ words) The federal agency overseeing the water supply for tens of millions of people in the West has published a list of options for how it might manage the drought-stricken Colorado River in the future. The five proposals range from taking…...
Nearly two dozen states sue the Trump administration over funding for CFPB
4+ week, 19+ hour ago (410+ words) A coalition of 21 states along with the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Monday to prevent it from defunding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which says it will run out of money in a few weeks. The consumer…...
Colorado approves 'first-in-the-nation' water safeguards. Could they be a model for other states?
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (563+ words) Colorado took a major step last week to protect wetlands and streams by finalizing rules for a new state-run permitting program. The new "dredge-and-fill" rules address a gap by the U.S. Supreme Court"s Sackett decision two years ago, which drastically…...
Takeaways from the latest special election and what it means for control of the House
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (844+ words) There was yet another sign this week of a potential 2026 wave that could hand control of the House of Representatives to Democrats. Republicans won a special congressional election in Tennessee, but only by 9 points in a district the Republican candidate…...
State water board agrees to use powerful water rights for health of Colorado River
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (491+ words) Colorado's top water agency approved a plan Wednesday to acquire and use the powerful Shoshone water rights in Glenwood Canyon to protect fish, the environment and the overall health of the Colorado River. The plan is a $99 million bid from…...
No deal on Colorado River as Western states fail to reach agreement by feds' Nov. 11 deadline
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (473+ words) Water managers from the seven states that share the Colorado River have blown a deadline given to them by the federal government to come up with a rough plan on how the drought-stricken river will be shared in the future....
Solar growth cushions Colorado River hydropower declines
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (1391+ words) Halfway through the 90-minute meeting, gallows humor lightened the mood. In the middle of the presentation, Tom Buschatzke, director of the state water agency, noticed a misspelling on the screen. He asked Gerak to scroll back to the previous slide....
Weeks after winning election, Arizona congresswoman is still waiting to be sworn in
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (448+ words) Pressure is building for Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in an Arizona Democrat elected to Congress weeks ago. Johnson says the government shutdown is to blame, but he's facing accusations from both sides of the aisle that he's…...
Barbed wire fences dot the West. There’s a growing movement to take them down -- for wildlife
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (838+ words) Clippers in hand, volunteers snap the metal lines of an old fence, its strands drooping and thorns rusted. Once they sever the wire from the posts, they coil it up and cart it away. These are the Barbed Wire Warriors....