/tags/yampa-river Yampa River en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Fri, 09 Aug 2024 19:19:18 GMT /news/2024-08-09/the-catch-up-this-weeks-highlights-from-kuncs-newscasts Each Friday, KUNC shares some of the most important stories of the week that was from its robust reporting on 91.5 FM Fri, 09 Aug 2024 19:19:18 GMT /news/2024-08-09/the-catch-up-this-weeks-highlights-from-kuncs-newscasts Beau Baker, Nikole Robinson Carroll /news/2023-10-12/brewery-branches-out-with-tree-themed-beer-to-support-local-climate-group A brewery in the Mountain West is partnering up with a climate organization on a tree-themed beer – all with the bigger goal of saving trees. Thu, 12 Oct 2023 20:55:57 GMT /news/2023-10-12/brewery-branches-out-with-tree-themed-beer-to-support-local-climate-group Emma VandenEinde /news/2023-06-08/this-wild-river-is-a-roller-coaster-ride-as-the-west-replenishes-its-reservoirs The Yampa River is full of snowmelt on its way to the Colorado River, bringing temporary relief for farms, fish and millions of people in the Southwest. Thu, 08 Jun 2023 12:00:00 GMT /news/2023-06-08/this-wild-river-is-a-roller-coaster-ride-as-the-west-replenishes-its-reservoirs Alex Hager /environment/2021-10-26/the-west-needs-a-lot-of-snow-to-escape-drought-this-year-thats-unlikely After another long, dry summer across the West, reservoirs in the region remain at record-low levels. It will take years of wet winters to climb out of drought, and La Niña conditions mean this winter is unlikely to bring one. Tue, 26 Oct 2021 12:00:00 GMT /environment/2021-10-26/the-west-needs-a-lot-of-snow-to-escape-drought-this-year-thats-unlikely Alex Hager /2020-08-27/officials-restrict-water-usage-from-yampa-river-in-northern-colorado The primary part of the Yampa River is under water usage restrictions for only the second time ever. The move came because less water has been circulating to the lower part of the river, meaning users in that area are not receiving their legally protected share, the Steamboat Pilot & Today reported. Thu, 27 Aug 2020 23:13:54 GMT /2020-08-27/officials-restrict-water-usage-from-yampa-river-in-northern-colorado Associated Press /environment/2020-02-21/as-western-coal-plants-close-what-happens-to-their-water Coal-fired power plants are closing, or being given firm deadlines for closure, across the country. In the Western states that make up the overallocated… Fri, 21 Feb 2020 23:51:20 GMT /environment/2020-02-21/as-western-coal-plants-close-what-happens-to-their-water Luke Runyon /environment/2019-08-27/can-a-wild-river-survive-in-a-rapidly-drying-west Finding a river in the West that still behaves like a Western river -- one that rises and falls with the annual rush of melting snow -- is tough. Many of… Tue, 27 Aug 2019 23:28:20 GMT /environment/2019-08-27/can-a-wild-river-survive-in-a-rapidly-drying-west Luke Runyon /environment/2018-07-25/can-a-river-play-the-violin-it-can-with-this-researchers-help Stand near a river and you’ll hear a symphony of sounds: birds chirping, frogs croaking and water flowing. But what would it sound like if the stream… Wed, 25 Jul 2018 18:17:04 GMT /environment/2018-07-25/can-a-river-play-the-violin-it-can-with-this-researchers-help Luke Runyon /environment/2018-06-05/climate-change-means-a-hotter-drier-future-in-the-colorado-river-headwaters-study-says The effects of climate change are already being felt at the headwaters of the West’s most important river system, according to a study released earlier… Tue, 05 Jun 2018 20:52:41 GMT /environment/2018-06-05/climate-change-means-a-hotter-drier-future-in-the-colorado-river-headwaters-study-says Luke Runyon /science/2016-06-14/steamboats-unique-cave-worms-officially-have-a-name-limnodrilus-sulphurensis Native American legends spoke of a gateway to the underworld, with noxious clouds of steam spewing from the Earth. Humans would pass out in a few minutes… Tue, 14 Jun 2016 11:00:00 GMT /science/2016-06-14/steamboats-unique-cave-worms-officially-have-a-name-limnodrilus-sulphurensis