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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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Tipping Point: Fire on the Colorado River watershed
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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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Forest Service releases draft of plan to manage Colorado’s Hanging Lake
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GLENWOOD SPRINGS – The U.S. Forest Service has released a tentative plan to manage crowds at the popular and overused Hanging Lake Trail area in Glenwood Canyon. The Post Independent reported Tuesday that the plan is still subject to a formal objection process. It comes after an environmental assessment last year concluded that a management plan limiting…