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Colorado Water Trust led local partnership that boosted flows in the Upper Yampa River

Jan 25, 2023 | Division 6, Press Release

January 25, 2023 For more information, contact: Blake MamichColorado Water TrustPhone: 720-570-2897Email: bmamich@coloradowatertrust.org Steamboat Springs, CO, (January 25, 2023) – For 64 days this late summer and early fall, between August 12th and October 14th of...

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...

Water officials: Plan for the ‘worst-case scenario’

Sep 26, 2022 | Article, Division 6, Featured

Steamboat Pilot, September 23, 2022 Panelists speaking to a large group of water professionals and community members gathered for the 2022 Yampa Basin Rendezvous in Steamboat Springs this week say water managers must think and plan for the “worst-case scenario.” In...

Yampa River opens to fishing in downtown Steamboat, again

Sep 19, 2022 | Article, Division 6, Featured

Steamboat Pilot, September 16, 2022 Due to recent rain and cooler temperatures, Colorado Parks and Wildlife lifted a voluntary fishing closure on the Yampa River on Friday, Sept. 16. The closure extending from Chuck Lewis State Wildlife Area to the west boundary of...