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Satellites, remote sensors study water saving impact of fallow hayfields
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s high altitude hay meadows, a significant water user in the state, could be re-operated to yield more than 40 percent in water savings, according to a new report. The report is based on a…
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Poll shows Hickenlooper swamping competition in Democratic US Senate primary
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save John Hickenlooper would run away with the Democratic primary for Colorado’s U.S. Senate seat, with more than six times the support of other candidates, says a poll commissioned by a group that supports the former two-term governor. The Public Policy Polling survey released Tuesday found…
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Touting the economy, Trump Victory kicks off Colorado campaign
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save FORT COLLINS — About a dozen northern Colorado small business owners had lunch at a long table in Fort Collins on Friday to talk about how President Trump was helping the local economy. The ringleader was U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, who lives not far away in…
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Colorado Water Congress conference delves into Colorado River issues
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save STEAMBOAT SPRINGS • Supply and demand on the Colorado River and challenges facing those who depend on its water were a key topic Thursday on the final day of the Colorado Water Congress’ summer conference. Earlier this year, the seven states and Mexico that are…
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Colorado legislature’s interim water resources review committee begins summer work
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save STEAMBOAT SPRINGS • The Colorado legislature’s interim water resources review committee, a bipartisan group of 10 lawmakers, began its summer work by relaunching efforts to change the state’s instream flow program. During the 2019 session the committee sponsored two bills that would have made some…
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Colorado Water Congress looks at latest water plan, how to fund it
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save STEAMBOAT SPRINGS • How will Colorado address its water gap in the future? That’s been the question the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) and the state water plan, unveiled in 2015, have been attempting to address. One of the key underlying assumptions of the water…
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Colorado creeping back into drought, water conference told
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save STEAMBOAT SPRINGS • The unimaginable happened on May 28. Colorado, for the first time in the 20 years that drought conditions have been tracked, was 100% out of drought, said Russ Schumacher, director of the Colorado Climate Center at Colorado State University. It was “eight…
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CAPITOL M | A big bite about Impossible Burgers and Colorado cattle country
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Guv sure loves to shake things up. [inline_image src=”aHR0cHM6Ly9ibG94aW1hZ2VzLm5ld3lvcmsxLnZpcC50b3dubmV3cy5jb20vZ2F6ZXR0ZS5jb20vY29udGVudC90bmNtcy9hc3NldHMvdjMvZWRpdG9yaWFsLzIvYzkvMmM5MDg0ODgtOTY0OS01MjljLWI3YjctODQ1YzhkZGMxMGQzLzVkNTVhNmUxYmU4ZDcuaW1hZ2UuanBnP2Nyb3A9OTU4JTJDMTA0MSUyQzAlMkMw” alt=”SU1HXzY4NTkuanBn” caption=”Q29sb3JhZG8gR292LiBKYXJlZCBQb2xpcyBlYXRzIGEgQnVyZ2VyIEtpbmcgSW1wb3NzaWJsZSBXaG9wcGVyIGluIGhpcyBvZmZpY2UgYXQgdGhlIENhcGl0b2wgb24gQXVnLiAxNS4=” credit=”KFBob3RvIGJ5IEpvZXkgQnVuY2gsIENvbG9yYWRvIFBvbGl0aWNzKQ==”] Colorado Gov. Jared Polis eats a Burger King Impossible Whopper in his office at the Capitol on Aug. 15. (Photo by Joey Bunch, Colorado Politics) What he’s eating in this picture, along with…
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Polis makes pitch for meatless options in Colorado ag
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis sees a future for Colorado with less meats and more profits, he said Thursday morning while dining on a Burger King Impossible Whopper in his office at the Capitol. The Democratic governor — who eats meat but whose domestic partner is a vegan…
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Polis announces US reinsurance plan approval aimed at lower Colorado premiums
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The federal government has approved a Colorado reinsurance plan designed to lower premiums for individuals buying insurance on the state health care exchange, Gov. Jared Polis announced Wednesday. Premiums next year for 400,000 Coloradans — about 8% of those buying insurance on the exchange —…