Watershed
June 22, 2010--Green groups appeal ruling greenlighting drilling in pristine HD Mountains (Colorado Independent)
The environmental law firm Earthjustice Tuesday challenged a May court ruling in favor of the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management that would allow dozens of natural gas wells in the HD Mountains between Durango and Pagosa Springs in Southwest Colorado.
September 9, 2009--Coal Creek Watershed receives two grants (Crested Butte News)
The Coal Creek Watershed Coalition (CCWC) recently received $33,006
from two sources to further their work within the Coal Creek Watershed.
The Colorado Healthy Rivers Fund awarded $10,756 to the CCWC to fund
four programs. The CCWC was
also awarded $22,250 by the Colorado Water Conservation Board to
complete a riparian assessment in the watershed.
August 10, 2009--Stimulus funding targets irrigation efficiency (High Country News)
Drought intensified this summer
- Agriculture
- California
- Climate Change
- Drought
- Endangered Species
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Environmental Quality Improvement Program
- Farm Bill
- Groundwater
- Irrigation
- Natural Resource Conservation Service
- Press Clippings
- San Joaquin Valley
- The Nature Conservancy
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Water Quality
- Water Supply
- Watershed
August 8, 2009--Group traces metals in water (Cortez Journal)
An all-day workshop Saturday, one of the Moving Mountain Education Seminar series sponsored by the Mountain Studies Institute here, brought together 20 people interested in talking about and seeing the con
- Abandoned Mine Lands Initiative
- Animas River Stakeholders Group
- Aquifer
- Bureau of Land Management
- Cement Creek
- Colorado
- Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Fisheries
- Mining
- Press Clippings
- Prospect Gulch
- Trout Unlimited
- U.S. Forest Service
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Upper Animas River
- Water Contamination
- Water Pollution
- Water Quality
- Watershed
August 2, 2009--Project gives fish way to go up a creek (Pueblo Chieftain)
A $282,000 project will help create a fish passage on Fountain Creek at a Colorado Springs Utilities diversion that will improve habitat for two threatened fish species.
July 31, 2009--Udall, Denver Water, Forest Service back Vail biomass plant to DOE (Colorado Independent)
The concept of a biomass power plant in Vail first reported by The Colorado Independent back in February has turned into a formal request for U.S.
July 23, 2009--San Francisco Baykeeper wins sewage spill prevention settlements (Environmental News Service)
Sewage spills that have contributed to water pollution in San Francisco Bay will be reduced under two settlements reached last week between the nonprofit San Francisco Baykeeper and the Town of Hillsboroug
July 18, 2009--Do you know where your water comes from? (Grand Junction Sentinel)
When you turn on your faucet, do you ever wonder where your water came from? Depending on where that faucet is located in the Grand Valley, the source could be a few different places.
- Aquifer
- Blue River
- Cabin Reservoir
- Clifton Water District
- Colorado
- Colorado River
- Coon Creek
- Cottonwood Creek
- Domestic Water
- Domestic Well
- Eagle River
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Groundwater
- Juniata Reservoir
- Kannah Creek Basin
- Kruzen Springs
- Mesa Creek
- Plateau Creek
- Press Clippings
- Purdy Mesa Reservoir
- Rapid Creek
- Rapid Creek Jerry Creek Reservoir
- Roaring Fork River
- Ute Water Conservancy District
- Water Filtration
- Water Storage
- Water Supply
- Water Treatment Plant
- Watershed
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
- Bureau of Reclamation
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Interior
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Flood
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- National Wildlife Federation
- Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Press Clippings
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- U.S. Water Resources Council
- Watershed
