american rivers
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Drought, warming, punish Colorado River, push mega-fires onto the basin
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Historic drought and low-runoff conditions have impacted the Colorado River Basin for several decades, robbing the area of moisture and priming the land for wildfires. In October of 2020, the East Troublesome spread through Grand County, devastating the drought-stricken terrain with a speed and ferocity no one in Colorado had seen before. As the fire grew,…
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Outdoor Retailer show in Denver brings out the politics
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When the massive Outdoor Retailer market moved to Colorado from Utah last year in a fight over public lands, the die was cast to mold together the business and the politics of getting outside. The ticketed summer show for retailers and vendors opened at the Colorado Convention Center Monday. At the top of the political…
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State of Rockies poll finds Coloradans increasingly worried about state’s water future
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The eighth annual State of the Rockies poll released by Colorado College this week took the public pulse in eight states on public lands and how that’s being handled by the Trump administration, energy, and water. The latter examined attitudes in the West on water, just as Colorado and its western neighbors are facing a below-average…
