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Water Issues/Concerns:
November, 2007
October, 2007
"Crisis
Feared in Dwindling Freshwater Supplies", October 2007 - An
epic drought in Georgia threatens the water supply for
millions. Florida doesn't have nearly enough
water
for its
expected population boom. The Great Lakes are
shrinking.
Upstate New York's reservoirs have dropped to record
lows.
And in the West, the Sierra Nevada snowpack is melting faster each
year.
Source: Arizona Daily Sun
"Irrigation
Company Dedicated New Reservoir",
October 2007 - A northern Weld County irrigation company
has
completed a $10 million water project with the dedication Friday of a
storage reservoir northeast of Greeley.
Source: Greeley Tribune
"Taxes
in Water Flap Spur Lawsuit", October
2007 - Residents of the Republican River basin angry about
paying
higher property tax bills for a water problem they say is a statewide
responsibility have taken their arguments to the state Supreme Court
Source:
Denver Rocky
Mountain News
"Clear
Goal for Grand Lake",
October 2007 - Grand Lake, known for its spell-binding clarity and cold
blue
waters, turned a shocking green in August, sending out a distress call
heard around the state.
Source:
Denver Rocky
Mountain News
"South
Platte Water Ruling",
October 2007 - More than 200 wells along the South Platte River,
roughly half the number ordered shut down in May 2006, may
be
allowed to start pumping again, but only if they can meet stiff new
requirements for replenishing the river.
Source:
Denver Rocky
Mountain News
"Colorado
Water Cleaner than Ever, but Quality a Concern", October 2007
- Colorado's water is
cleaner than
ever, but 25 percent of rivers and 43 percent of lakes still fail to
meet water quality standard, according to a new report from Environment
Colorado.
Source:
Denver Rocky
Mountain News
"Law
Firms to Merge, Focus on Water Law",
October 2007 - Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, a regional
law
firm based in Denver, will merge with the California law firm Hatch
Parent on Jan. 1, creating a powerhouse water practice
Source:
Denver Rocky
Mountain News
"New
Fuels May Hurt Water, Report Says",
October 2007 - Colorado's eastern plains could
be a
big
player in producing automobile fuels in the next decade, but there are
downsides, a National Academy of Sciences report says.
Source:
Denver Rocky
Mountain News
September, 2007
"Northern
Colorado's Water Demand May Grow at Least 50 Percent by 2030",
September 2007 - It's such a simple task:
Turn the
faucet, out comes water. But as northern Colorado continues
to
grow, the availability of that water, particularly to agriculture,
continues to dwindle.
Source: Greeley Tribune
"Task
Force Won't Suggest Opening Wells",
September 2007 - New tools for monitoring the South Platte
River,
spot markets for trading extra water quickly and more opportunities to
bank water are among the recommendations a river task force will make
at the end of September.
Source:
Denver Rocky
Mountain News
"Water
Parley Makes History",
September 2007 - 12 of Colorado's most saavy water chieftans
held
a
historic meeting in a back room.
Source:
Denver Rocky
Mountain News
"Group
Lays Blame for Fouled Water", September
2007 - The water quality of Colorado's rivers
and
lakes has
declined considerably during the last eight years because the
state's water control division has a shortage of inspectors
to
monitor development permits, according to a report released Thursday by
an environmental group.
Source:
Denver Rocky
Mountain News
August, 2007
July, 2007
"All
Sides Want Say on Colorado River", July 2007 - Western
Slope
water officials, ranchers and environmentalists said they want a major
role in a new state study that seeks to quantify how much water the
Colorado River may contain for new development.
Source:
Denver Rocky
Mountain News
"Chatfield
Reservoir Plan Delayed at Least Four Years", July 2007 - A
plan to store more water at
Chatfield
Reservoir has been delayed at least four years, bogged down by federal
budget cuts and Hurricane Katrina-related dam concerns, Colorado water
officials say.
Source:
Denver Rocky
Mountain News
Phelps
Dodge Fights Denver to Keep its Water Flowing", July 2007 -
Mining giant Phelps Dodge is going
head-to-head with Colorado's largest water users to shore
up
water supplies for the Climax molybdenum mine it hopes to reopen high
above Dillon Reservoir.
Source:
Denver Rocky
Mountain News
"Questions
Over Bid to Divert Flaming Gorge Water to Front Range", July
2007 - A western Colorado water
agency wants federal officials to hold off on reviewing a proposal to
funnel water from a southwest Wyoming reservoir to
Colorado's
populous Front Range.
Source:
Denver Rocky
Mountain News
"Fires
Could Taint Water Supply", July 2007 - State officials warned
Thursday that key Front Range
water
sources are extremely vulnerable to wildfire-related contamination.
Source:
Denver Rocky
Mountain News
"100,000
Gallons of Raw Sewage Down the Platte", July 2007 - A large
spill at the Littleton-Englewood
Wastewater Treatment Plant this week sent 100,000 gallons of raw sewage
into the South Platte River but did little damage to water quality,
officials said today.
Source:
Denver Rocky
Mountain News
"Report
Urges Utilities to Lead Charge Against Water Woes", July 2007
– Western water utilities should take
the
lead in finding innovative ways to cope with water shortages and other
problems triggered by global warming, according to a report released
Tuesday.
Source:
Denver Rocky
Mountain News
"Water
Crisis Becomes Urgent Amid Dry Skies, Wells", July 2007 -
Nearly half the powerful irrigation wells
that watered farmlands in the South Platte River Basin are now idle,
silenced by drought, strict new water laws and a fierce battle for
water now entering its fifth year.
Source:
Denver Rocky
Mountain News
June, 2007
May, 2007
"Release of Reservoir Water Ordered", May 2007 - To fulfill
a
three-state water compact, the state engineer Tuesday ordered that
water be released from a reservoir in northeastern Colorado.
Source:
Denver Rocky
Mountain News
"Proposed
Well Rules Stir Warring Camps", May
2007 - The devil is in the details of regulating new water
wells
for residential development in the mountains of western Jefferson
County.
Source:
Denver Rocky
Mountain News
"Western
Slope Melt-off May Break Records",
May 2007 - Snowpack on Colorado's Western Slope
is
melting
far faster than usual, with two river basins likely to melt off in
near-record time, a federal scientist told water watchers
Tuesday.
Source:
Denver Rocky
Mountain News
"Levee
Breaks; Homes, Businesses Flooded", May
2007 - Water up to 3 feet deep flooded the foundations of a
dozen
houses Monday in Pueblo after a levee along Fountain Creek was breached.
Source:
Denver Rocky
Mountain News
"Agreement
Protects State's Water Supplies",
May 2007 - Western states that rely on the Colorado River
for
water have agreed on a plan for dry years that protects
Colorado's supplies, Gov. Bill Ritter said Monday.
Source:
Denver Rocky
Mountain News
April, 2007
March, 2007
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Recreation:
Fishing:
October, 2007
September,
2007
August,
2007
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2007
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ENVIRONMENT:
Forest:
March, 2007
"Six-Legged
Scourge", March 2007 - Colorado's
mountain pine
beetle epidemic, the state's largest on record, has
exploded
so
far beyond human control that only wildfire, a deep freeze or
starvation will stop the devastation, foresters say.
Source:
Denver Rocky
Mountain News
Land:
October, 2007
"Musgrave,
Residents, Speak out Against Uranium Project", October 2007 -
U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, R-Colo., came out in
opposition
to
a proposed uranium mining operation in northern Weld County on Saturday
following a meeting in Nunn that drew 250-300 people.
Source: Greeley Tribune
"What
is the Actual Cost of the New Jobs Uranium Mining Creates?",
October 2007 - What are they
thinking? Powertech, Inc. wants to use the water that
residents
of Weld County depend on for their drinking water, and for livestock
and crops for extracting uranium, with other heavy metals as byproducts.
Source: Greeley Tribune
"Benefit
from Shifting Direct Subsidy Payments to Conservation Funding",
October 2007 - A new analysis of Farm Bill
spending by a former USDA economist shows that farmers in Wyoming would
receive $21,295,176 more in annual federal support by shifting direct
subsidy payments to provide $6 billion more in funding for voluntary
USDA..
Source: Greeley Tribune
Global Warming
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Conservation:
September, 2007
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