colorado water
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The beaver solution to Colorado’s water woes | OPINION
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By Eric Washburn This winter was a grim reminder of the ongoing aridification of the western U.S., including Colorado. Snowpack is down dramatically, which will lead to extreme fire danger this summer and likely water rationing. The lower basin states with whom Colorado and the upper basin states are battling over the allocation of water in…
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Colorado lawmakers, officials grapple with U.S. Supreme Court ruling on wetlands
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The 2024 legislative session is likely to see lawmakers trying to figure out how to protect Colorado wetlands following a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that applied a more stringent test on what should be considered one. A panel of legislators last month heard pleas from municipal and state officials to come up with a…
