The Navajo Nation has been especially hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Navajo Nation Department of Health, the infection rate of more than 3.4% and more than 6,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, is a much higher infection […]
Booktalk: Science fiction writer Paolo Bacigalupi and “The Water Knife”
This Colorado author who lives in Paonia lays out a thriller version of possible future water wars in the American Southwest. Is this an impossible scenario or is it likely? (previously aired on on April 15, 2015) Top authors are […]
Boulder County Commissioners Call for Local Permitting for Gross Reservoir Expansion
The Boulder County Commissioners Thursday unanimously asserted rights to local control over what would be the largest construction project in Boulder County history, by ruling Denver Water is not exempt from a regulatory process it hoped to bypass as it […]
Local Groups Continue to Fight Gross Reservoir Expansion
The battle over the possible expansion of Gross Reservoir in Boulder County has been going on for years. Denver Water wants to expand the current reservoir and construct what would be the largest dam in the state. Water to fill […]
Connecting The Drops: The Value of Local Rivers and Waterways
The management of water in the American West has historically lacked any consideration for the rivers themselves. This means that water was only considered of value when it was taken out of the river and put to use elsewhere – […]
Connecting The Drops: Fire and Water
Wildfires are a reality for those living in the American West…but the impact on the landscape lingers long after the smoke is gone. With an estimated two-thirds of U.S. municipalities getting their drinking water from a source that originates in […]
Connecting the Drops: Measuring Snow
The bulk of the water supply for the western US comes in the form of snow. That’s approximately 70% of the water we use originating in snow pack high up in the Rocky Mountains. Therefor measuring that snow and estimating […]
Commentary: Colorado’s Dam Plan
You’d have thought the earth moved exactly two years ago with all the ballyhoo at the State Capitol when Gov. John Hickenlooper unveiled the final Colorado Water Plan. I stood in the west foyer of the Capitol as every TV […]