River District considers criteria for water conservation program
The policy says that Front Range water providers — which in total take about 500,000 acre-feet of Colorado River water each year across the Continental Divide to growing cities and for agriculture — must also contribute their fair share of water.
Data dashboard: Roaring Fork basin snowpack reaches 133% of average
• Roaring Fork Basin snowpack reached 133% of average or 145% of median on Jan. 22, or 12.2 inches of snow-water equivalent. • Lake Powell’s elevation down to 3,524.2 feet, or 175.8 feet from full pool on Jan. 22 • Air temperatures at ASE keep swinging, from 46° on Jan. 14 to 33°F on Jan. 16 for high temperatures.
The Roundup | The strongest incentive to stay
It’s clear that this stock of housing is important to the community, based on the sheer numbers. But there’s something more. The ability to own a home, affordable to those who work in the community, might be the strongest incentive there is to hold on, stick it out, keep playing “the lottery” because eventually something…
Scientists studying water supply focus on weeks following peak snowpack
Tracking the Curve
APCHA’s RO category supports a growing number of million-dollar homes
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The Runoff | From panic to acceptance
Some water managers at CRWUA acknowledged a truth that is widely known but rarely stated so candidly: As the Colorado…
COVID-19 ON THE WESTERN SLOPE
Across the Western Slope, pandemic attitudes and responses varied from county to county
Looking at these past 2½ years, a lot has changed regarding what we know about the virus, variants, testing, vaccines and treatment options. Some of the public health policies put in place didn’t always make sense or they felt wrong to some people in these communities. But in those early days, they felt they were doing the best they could with the information they had.
Resort communities saw lower COVID-19 death rates than more western rural counties
The impacts of the pandemic have varied widely across the Western Slope, especially between mountain communities with higher infection rates but lower death rates and counties to the west, which saw fewer cases but higher death rates.