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Western Slope lawmakers laud feds ponying up $40 million to secure Shoshone water rights
Colorado Newsline photo of the Colorado River through Glenwood Canyon. Former Eagle County Commissioner and Colorado River District President Kathy Chandler-Henry on Friday issued the following statement on the federal…
The O. Zone: Paddleboarding past oil trains like whistling past graveyards
A pair of paddleboarders navigate the Upper Colorado River between Roundup River Ranch and Dotsero over Labor Day weekend with a Burlington Northern Santa Fe oil train in the background…
Water warrior: Chandler-Henry will never give up the fight for Eagle County water
Kathy Chandler-Henry, second from left, her daughter, Hilary, left, son, Zach, right, and husband, George, on an Eagle River Coalition float trip on the Upper Colorado. Editor’s note: This story…
Roberts leads Western Slope charge to protect, preserve Colorado water
Homestake Creek in Eagle County (David O. Williams photo). For state Sen. Dylan Roberts (D-Frisco) “protecting and securing our water future is the most important issue and biggest challenge facing…
Colorado takes aggressive legislative steps to limit watering of urban landscaping
The Aurora Detention Center surrounded by thirsty non-native grass. The remarks in the office of Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday afternoon were brief, befitting the bill that was soon…
Union Pacific wastewater spill near Moffat Tunnel underscores rail safety debate
As Colorado lawmakers this month prepare to do something that Congress has been incapable of for more than a year – debate meaningful rail safety legislation – Union Pacific, state regulators and officials in…
Vail Resorts settles in snowmaking water discharge into Gore Creek that caused fish kill in 2021
The office of Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser on Wednesday issued the following press release on a $275,000 settlement paid by Vail Resorts for the release of water from it…
Remembering John Fielder and his endless photographic fight to conserve Colorado’s wild place
I didn’t know photographer John Fielder was battling pancreatic cancer until I received the following email statement on Saturday from Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and then read this story in the…
Down the Line: Colorado River headwaters ground zero for inevitable train derailments, oil spills in local streams
An aerial view of the aftermath of the train derailment and chemical fire in East Palestine, Ohio, in February 2023. (National Transportation Safety Board) At 88 miles long, with a…
State lawmaker and former local mobile home park resident Velasco targets water quality issues
The Eagle River Village mobile home park in Edwards (David O. Williams photo). EDWARDS, Colo. — When Elizabeth Velasco first moved to Colorado from San Francisco del Rincón, Mexico, she…