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Colorado’s age-old water doctrine pushed to the brink by drought
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Editor’s Note: This story is a collaborative report by Fresh Water News working with nine other Colorado news outlets. In Evans, four miles south of Greeley, houses are shooting up. Once a quiet farm town, Evans is scrambling to come up with enough water to slake the thirst of hundreds of new homeowners, drawn here…
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Lawsuit over proposed Colorado ski resort gets hearing
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A federal judge is set to hear arguments in the case involving the proposed construction of a resort near a ski area in southern Colorado. The Durango Herald reports the hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday in Denver. Environmental groups have sued to halt a land swap that would allow construction of the development after…
