2019 was a bumper year for recreation on Colorado Rivers. A bumper snow pack heading into summer saw record levels of snow melt raising water levels […]
Connecting The Drops
Connecting the Drops: Hemp – A Drought Tolerant Crop?
Hemp is taking the Colorado agriculture industry by storm and gaining a reputation as a highly valuable, supposedly drought tolerant cash crop. But is the plant […]
Warm Temperatures Bring Concerns Over E. Coli in Rivers and Lakes
Scorching summer temperatures often send people looking for opportunities to cool off, and that can often be at lakes and streams. However public health officials warn […]
Connecting the Drops: Local Communities Exert Control Over Water Projects Through Permit Process
Multiple water projects in Colorado are battling a permitting process designed to increase local control over development projects. KGNU’s Hannah Leigh Myers brings us this report […]
Connecting the Drops: The Fork Not Taken
For most of the 19th-century dam construction was the dominant solution to water issues in the United States. But in 1990 the Environmental Protection Agency vetoed […]
Connecting The Drops: What Not To Flush
“There really are downstream consequences from putting things down your drain that … ultimately impact water quality in the (South Platte) river.” Wastewater and municipal […]
Connecting the Drops – Climate Change Shortening the Ski Season
A recent study found that a changing climate could cut the length of ski season in half in some parts of the US by 2050, […]
Connecting the Drops: Leaking Mines Polluting Colorado Water
It’s been over 3 years since the Animas River near Durango in Southern Colorado turned orange as a result of the release of toxic chemicals from […]