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Each winter, anxious water managers, farmers and city leaders in the American Southwest turn their eyes toward the snowy peaks of the southern Rocky…
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Following one of the hottest and driest years on record, the Colorado River and its tributaries throughout the western U.S. are likely headed for another…
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A first-of-its-kind cloud seeding program has started in the mountains of southern Wyoming and could soon be coming to Colorado.Both states already seed…
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Early season snowfall in some parts of the Colorado River Basin have raised hopes of a drought recovery. But that optimism is likely premature.In…
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Key reservoirs along the Colorado River are collectively at their lowest point at the start of a new water year since the last one filled nearly 40 years…
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A menace lurks beneath the snow high up in the southern Rocky Mountains.At first glance it seems innocuous, another piece of a dynamic alpine ecosystem,…
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The Salt River Project (SRP) puts on an annual water expo, and this year’s featured a pile of cold, wet, white powdery stuff on a hot sunny day in…
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From the roof of Chuck McAfee’s adobe farmhouse in rural southwestern Colorado, you can see into three other states: Arizona, New Mexico and Utah.…
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This winter in the southern Rocky Mountains is shaping up to be one for the record books. And not in a good way.Parts of the West are currently…
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The first official forecast for the amount of water expected in the Colorado River and its Rocky Mountain tributaries this spring is in, and the outlook…