Tag: river
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Tipping Point: Colorado River basin farms stunted by megadrought
Farmers across the Colorado River Basin are facing an uncertain future in agriculture as the river’s watershed faces ongoing drought, rising irrigation costs, and conservation cutbacks. (Video by Skyler Ballard)
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Tipping Point: Colorado River strain casts shadow over recreation
Blue Mesa Reservoir, Colorado’s largest body of water, is at its lowest level ever. Plagued by drought and meager snowpack, the reservoir is not even 50% full. In an attempt to shore up Lake Powell and keep power-generating turbines turning, regulators pulled about 36,000 acre-feet from Blue Mesa last year, causing the closure of the…
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Tipping Point: Fire on the Colorado River watershed
Historic drought and low-runoff conditions have impacted the Colorado River Basin for several decades, robbing the area of moisture and priming the land for wildfires. In October of 2020, the East Troublesome spread through Grand County, devastating the drought-stricken terrain with a speed and ferocity no one in Colorado had seen before. As the fire grew,…
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Colorado River Towns | Grand Junction
Welcome to Grand Junction, the town named for the meeting of two rivers.
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Colorado River Towns | Fort Collins
Welcome to Fort Collins, Colorado, where the Cache La Poudre River, a resource for recreation and industry, flows through town. (Video by Katie Klann)
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Colorado River Towns | Pueblo
Pueblo, Colorado is so much more than industry. 9 miles of the Arkansas River that flows through town, providing a draw for tourism and wildlife. (Video by Katie Klann)
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Colorado River Towns | Estes Park
Most people know Estes Park as the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park, but the small town and its rivers have attracted tourists for decades. (Video by Katie Klann)
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VIDEO | Rafting the Dolores River
High snowpack in the mountains of Colorado this year gives rafters a rare opportunity to float the world-class waters of the Dolores River north of Cortez, Colo. (Video by Christian Murdock/The Gazette)