Flood
August 12, 2009--Flood impact: City, FEMA disagree (Pueblo Chieftain)
Pueblo is completing its own hydrology report on Wild Horse Dry Creek that shows significantly lower floods during a 100-year flood than earlier federal estimates.
August 8, 2009--Warmer climate could raise Reno flood threat (Denver Post)
A warming climate could mean more floods in the Truckee Meadows, but officials say adopting recommendations in a new report could help limit the danger.
July 22, 2009--Water leaders eye new rights (Pueblo Chieftain)
New water rights will be needed to fulfill the Pueblo Board of Water Works' obligation to supply water for Lake Minnequa.
July 19, 2009--Protecting ag land key to state's health (Pueblo Chieftain)
If Colorado’s mountains are like the heart and lungs of the state, its streamside environments are the veins and arteries.
July 14, 2009--White House begins rewriting Army Corps' project guidelines (NY Times)
The White House is rewriting standards for federal water projects, widening 26-year-old rules that guide the Army Corps of Engineers in an effort to consider environmental and social goals as well as econo
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July 5, 2009--Alamosa levee not up to snuff (Pueblo Chieftain)
The tree-studded levee that protects the city of Alamosa from the Rio Grande no longer is up to snuff, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
June 26, 2009--Roaring Fork River near Aspen will see restoration work (Aspen Times)
Plans to dredge a slow, flat stretch of the Roaring Fork River east of Aspen won approval from Pitkin County commissioners Wednesday, but they put limits on how much nature can be manipulated.
June 13, 2009--Springs updating its stormwater plan (Pueblo Chieftain)
Colorado Springs is looking at revisions in its stormwater management system and inviting the public to participate in the process.
June 3, 2009--Degraded lower Colorado River needs federal help to recover (Environmental News Service)
Protection of Lower Colorado River water quality needs comprehensive legislation and adequate funding for a major effort like programs underway in the Chesapeake Bay and the Great Lakes, local officials to
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May 21, 2009--Sale, easements considered for Dry Gulch Reservoir land (Pagosa Springs Sun)
Should proponents succeed in developing conservation easements on land targeted for at least partial inundation, there will be no residential or commercial development adjacent to the proposed Dry Gulch Re
