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Colorado Supreme Court shuts door on man’s challenge to private riverbed ownership
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Private ownership of river and stream beds in Colorado will continue unchallenged for now, as the state Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a man lacks standing to declare Colorado – and, by extension, the public – the rightful owner of his preferred fishing spot. For several years, Roger Hill has contested the ability of Mark Warsewa and…
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Property rights v. public access: Colorado Supreme Court wades into messy water controversy
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Members of the Colorado Supreme Court heard on Tuesday that they should not upend 150 years of property rights, encourage trespassing and open the floodgates to lawsuits challenging, segment by segment, whether people can wade and fish in waterways that cut across private land. On the other hand, the justices also heard that Colorado stands…
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Colorado River Basin sees ‘spectacular’ snowpack, buying time for big decisions
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The Colorado River is one of the West’s most vital resources. But 20 years of drought have stressed the entire river basin, forcing federal officials to call for massive cuts in water use. This winter, in the water-towers of the west, storms have dropped more than double the average snowpack in some Colorado mountains. But…
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Why is Aurora in drought, but not Denver?
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While the city of Aurora already implemented drought restrictions for 2023, next door, the city of Denver doesn’t expect to declare a drought this year. The tale of two cities left some in Aurora scratching their heads, and the city’s drought restrictions garnered pushback from at least two of the city’s councilmembers. Aurora poised to…
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State Supreme Court takes up cases on fishing rights, defamation, late-filed insurance claims
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Colorado’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear three cases on appeal, implicating private ownership of riverbeds throughout the state, liability for statements that attorneys make publicly about their cases, and the ability of homeowners to pursue insurance claims filed outside of their policy’s deadline. It takes the consent of three of the court’s seven members…
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Colorado Springs Utilities reaches novel water-sharing agreement
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Colorado Springs Utilities has entered into a water-sharing agreement that would bring in new supplies for a city that’s projected to grow by some 200,000 residents in the next 30 years. The agreement – which still faces hurdles – was struck between Colorado Springs Utilities, which manages water for 480,000 customers, and the Lower Arkansas…
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Fed plan to allow drilling near Colorado’s Sangres, Dunes poses epic eco peril
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The Bureau of Land Management is scheduled to lease mineral rights for oil and gas exploration on 11 land parcels totaling 18,358 acres in Huerfano County come this fall. Four of the parcels border the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Area and all 11 are within eight miles of the Great Sand Dunes National Park. Every…
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Attorney General Coffman threatens sanctions on Colorado River lawsuit
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There’s a new and interesting twist in the lawsuit that attempts to defend the Colorado River from the people of the state of Colorado – federal sanctions threatened against the attorney who filed the suit. The office of Attorney General Cynthia Coffman warned attorney Jason Flores-Williams, who brought the suit on behalf of several environmental groups,…
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Christo throws in towel on massive Arkansas River art project
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Internationally renowned environmental artist Christo said Wednesday he was pulling the plug on “Over the River,” a proposed project to hang 5.9 miles of luminous fabric along a 42-mile stretch of the Arkansas River in central Colorado, saying he no longer wanted to work with the U.S. government as his “landlord” for the installation. The controversial…
