drought
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Colorado legislature OKs forcing HOAs to approve water-saving landscaping
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As Colorado continues to suffer through harsh drought conditions, the Colorado legislature passed a bill seeking to remove barriers for some residents to save water on lawn watering. Around 60% of Coloradans live under a homeowner association. If signed into law, Senate Bill 178 would allow those homeowners to swap their grass lawns for landscaping that needs less water…
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Kamala Harris touts Biden’s actions, offers hopeful climate vision during Colorado visit
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In a crowded theater Monday afternoon, Vice President Kamala Harris sat in front of hundreds of Colorado residents to tout the Biden administration’s climate-related initiatives and express hope for the future of climate change. “There is so much that is happening right now that gives me a sense of optimism,” Harris said. “We’re saving something, but…
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Feds to pay farmers to use less water, reducing Colorado River strain
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The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Wednesday announced it will pay farmers in Arizona, Nevada and California to reduce their water use. The newly-created Lower Colorado River Basin System Conservation and Efficiency Program will pay farmers in the the lower basin states of the Colorado River system to conserve water at prices ranging from $330 per acre-foot of water…
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Federal ideas reflect little progress toward solving Colorado River crisis
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The clock is ticking for the Colorado River, but solutions on how to save the river basin, which provides water to 40 million people in seven states and Mexico, still appears to be elusive, at least from the federal government. However, proposed solutions are starting to bubble up through Colorado agriculture’s community, including projects that…
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Drought threatens Colorado River hydropower, major source of renewable energy
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PAGE, ARIZ. • Soulful notes from a Native American flute float over the vast valley on the backside of the Glen Canyon Dam, which interrupts the once mighty Colorado River. At the tourist overlook, a teen — his phone in hand, playing the music — hops from one phyllo-layered sandstone outcropping to another, where river, rock…
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Monsoon moisture takes a little out of the drought, water watchers say
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The early arrival of summer monsoons in late June has been a welcome sight for a parched state, but the rains have not been enough to put an end to the drought. Colorado water watchers from federal and state agencies and local water providers, known as the Water Availability Task Force, couldn’t have been happier…
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Western cities are already learning to live with less water
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Urban areas in the West and water districts are working to conserve water from the Colorado River Basin as it continues to face its driest 22-year stretch in more than 100 years. (Video by Skyler Ballard) Mike Petkash’s shaggy black dog Brandy bounded across his backyard chasing after a tennis ball. She leapt up the…
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Tax, climate package includes $4 billion to combat drought in Arizona, Colorado, other basin states
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Tucked in the U.S. Senate’s tax and climate package is $4 billion for drought resiliency – money that comes at a critical time as the West grapples with dwindling supply from the Colorado River, depleting reservoirs and a drier climate that’s causing the worst wildfires the region has seen this century. The funding would benefit Colorado…
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Colorado’s Joe Neguse leads policy package to address wildfires, droughts nationwide
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Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse is leading a package of 49 bills designed to help address wildfires and droughts throughout the country. Neguse, D-Lafayette, on Thursday unveiled the Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act, which combines dozens of previously introduced legislation, including bills to increase firefighter pay to at least $20 per hour, fund $500 million…
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One lightning strike away from megafire: Colorado steps up wildfire mitigation work
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One lightning strike. One unattended campfire. One drought season. That’s how far away Colorado is from the next megafire, warned Dan Gibbs, executive director of the Department of Natural Resources. Gibbs, a certified wildland firefighter, was on the front lines of the Cameron Peak fire two years ago. “The 2020 fire season taught us that…
