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Colorado nonprofit among winners of Colorado River scarcity challenge

Jan 19, 2023 | Article, Division 5, Featured

Fresh Water News, by Jerd Smith, January 18, 2023 A Colorado nonprofit is one of three winners of the national Colorado River Basin Water Scarcity Challenge, a philanthropic initiative to spur creative solutions to water shortages in the crisis-ridden, seven-state...

Let the good times flow

Jan 2, 2023 | Article, Division 5, Featured

Aspen Daily News, January 2, 2023 An innovative program is releasing a little more water from Ruedi Reservoir dam this winter to provide a lot of environmental benefits on the 14 miles of the lower Fryingpan River. Multiple local and statewide groups have teamed to...

Reudi releases aim to cut down on river ice

Dec 16, 2022 | Article, Division 5, Featured

Aspen Times In Briefing, December 15th, 2022 Colorado Water Trust and Roaring Fork Conservancy have teamed up with the Colorado River Water Conservation District and the Colorado Water Conservation Board to purchase and release water from Ruedi Reservoir to mitigate...

Water managers add, improve temperature gauges in Yampa River

Nov 22, 2022 | Article, Division 6, Featured

Steamboat Pilot, November 21, 2022 Midday Monday, Nov. 21, at the U.S. Geological Survey Fifth Street gauging station on the Yampa River in Steamboat Springs the water temperature was a cold 32 degrees Fahrenheit. That is 5 degrees colder than the median of 37 degrees...

Yampa River committee releases recommendations including temperature gauges, informational dashboard

Nov 10, 2022 | Article, Division 6, Featured

Steamboat Pilot, November 10, 2022 After almost four years of studies, meetings and laborious consensus-building, the Yampa River Integrated Water Management Plan committee released its public report in September that included 20 recommendations to provide a road map...

Coalition’s efforts buoy local river level

Oct 3, 2022 | Article, Division 5, Featured

By Dennis Webb, October 1, 2022 Efforts by a diverse coalition are providing a needed boost to a local stretch of the Colorado River that serves as important habitat for imperiled native fish. The undertaking led by the nonprofit Colorado Water Trust resulted in...