Bringing the Colorado River Back to Life

It’s been more than 50 years since the Colorado River regularly reached the sea. But this past spring, the U.S. and Mexico let the water storm through its natural delta for a grand experiment in ecological restoration. Photographer Pete McBride […]

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Windsor Oil Spill Cleanup

Clean up continues in Northern Colorado near the town of Windsor where about 7,500  gallons of crude oil was spilled into the Poudre River. Noble Energy discovered the spill Tuesday afternoon and later reported it to the Colorado Oil and […]

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Gross Reservoir Expansion

June 6, 2014 was the last day for the public to comment to the Army Corps of Engineers on the final Environmental Impact Statement on the proposed expansion of Gross Reservoir. Senator Michael Bennett and the Boulder County Commissioners have called […]

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Connecting the Drops: Water and Beer

As part of our Connecting the Drops series we take a look at water and beer. With over 200 breweries and brewpubs, Colorado is one of the top beer producers in the country. All that beer requires a lot of […]

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Gross Reservoir Expansion

Denver Water is proposing to expand Gross Reservoir in Boulder County to increase storage capacity.  The reservoir expansion and the Moffat tunnel would bring more water from the Fraser River to the Front Range. The expansion has been met with […]

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