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Colorado lawmakers to weigh task force focused on high-altitude water storage
Colorado’s Joint Committee on Legislative Council has approved a slate of bills put forward by various interim committees to be introduced and considered in the next legislative session, ranging from…
Opinion: Camp Hale needs monument status to stave off extractive industries, protect our water
The Camp Hale-Continental Divide is the proposed site of a national monument encompassing the historic site of Camp Hale and the area surrounding Colorado’s Continental Divide. As a former military…
Opinion: Clamping down on outdoor water use from Vail to Aurora still won’t fill Powell, Mead
Lake Mead’s receding waters have exposed sunken boats, dead bodies, and more. But the wisdom of a bet placed in 2005 by Las Vegas has also been revealed. The Southern…
Bennet, O’Dea cross campaign paths, offer very different views on Colorado River water, climate crisis
Along the winding rural highways and forested watersheds of northern Colorado, the paths of Colorado’s two U.S. Senate candidates intertwined on Tuesday at a series of events that put a…
Ag Secretary Vilsack talks Biden, water, forest management, but avoids Utah oil train controversy
CAMP Hale, Colo. – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, a wealthy Iowa farmer and former governor, has many Colorado connections — including a son who worked for the state and now the…
Feds move to cut water use in Colorado River Basin after seven states miss plan deadline
Federal officials on Tuesday moved to implement a series of emergency cuts to water use in the Colorado River Basin, after seven Western states missed a deadline to come up…
Feds warn they may cut water usage in Colorado River Basin if states don’t deal
WASHINGTON — The federal agency in charge of managing much of the West’s water warned Tuesday that it will act unilaterally to reduce water usage in the Colorado River Basin…
Water cuts are coming for the West, including Colorado, as ongoing drought worsens
MONTEREY, Calif. — If Californians don’t change the way they consume water, officials are warning, sweeping, statewide mandatory cuts may be unavoidable. Three years into a severe drought and with…
Polis signs Roberts, Donovan water bills to fund conservation projects, reduce groundwater use
Gov. Jared Polis on Monday signed two bills into law that are aimed at conserving a precious and dwindling resource in the state: water. For the bill signings, the governor…
Most Coloradans fear severe water shortages over next 100 years, seek stronger climate regs
A majority of Coloradans believe the state will face significant water shortages within the next century, a poll released Monday found. Conducted earlier this month by Morning Consult on behalf…