Fryingpan River
February 4, 2010--Spring runoff expected to be below average (Aspen Daily News)
This winter’s below average snowfall, as one might expect, indicates there could be a low runoff this spring. “The outlook for runoff in the Upper Colorado, North Platte, Yampa, White and South Platte rivers continues to call for well below average flows,” said Allen Green, state conservationist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, a department of the U.S.
November 25, 2009--Bureau: Little flexibility on releases of water from Ruedi (Aspen Times)
Trout fishing suffered on the Fryingpan River above Basalt for six weeks last summer because water from Ruedi Reservoir was needed to assist endangered fish, federal authorities said Monday. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said it released water purchased from Ruedi by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service when the agency demanded, or “called,” it in August.
August 29, 2009--SE district looks for ways to fill it up (Pueblo Chieftain)
The Fryingpan-Arkansas Project was designed to bring much more water
into the Arkansas River basin, so it’s time to find out if, and how,
that could happen. “There
is a 14,400-acre-foot gap,” Executive Director Jim Broderick told the
Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District board last week.
July 24, 2009--Colorado River District hopes for help with fish (Aspen Times)
A former engineer with the Colorado River District said this week that he believes there is plenty of water in the river to prevent the extinction of four endangered fish species.
April 10, 2009--Pitkin County ok's water advisers from outside county line (Aspen Times)
Pitkin County this week adopted a set of bylaws for the newly created Healthy Rivers and Streams Fund, setting up an advisory board with between five and seven members, up to two of whom can live outside P
February 22, 2009--Lake Pueblo filling as area turns dry (Pueblo Chieftain)
Lake Pueblo should fill up again this spring, but with a dwindling snowpack, there is not as much concern of spilling water as last year at this time.
December 5, 2008--Watershed report details river damage (Aspen Daily News)
Humans have been hard on the Roaring Fork River and its tributaries, according to a new report. We’ve drained water from the headwaters and sent it east. We’ve diverted water to grow hay.
September 27, 2008--Water levels to drop on Fryingpan (Glenwood Springs Post Independent)
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced yesterday it would reduce the water release at Ruedi from 305 to 245 cubic feet per second. The drop came at the request of the U.S.
September 13, 2008--Water board to fill shortfall (Pueblo Chieftain)
In a dry year when transmountain water has been critical for the Arkansas Valley, all deliveries will be made.
August 25, 2008--A year after huge mud flow, Fryingpan River prevails (Aspen Times)
Nature proved once again this summer that humans should be wary of intervening to ‘repair’ an ecosystem after a cataclysmic event, according to the Roaring Fork Conservancy. The latest lesson was provided on the Fryingpan River below its confluence with Seven Castles Creek.
