Marble quarry must build bridge, culvert and improve stream for Clean Water Act violation
The mining company said the Army Corps required them to choose compensatory mitigation that was “in-kind” to the impacts on Yule Creek and as close as possible to the affected area.
Tracking the Curve
COVID-19 cases in Colorado are on the rise. About 7% of the tests performed across the state are positive. Pitkin County’s new-case incidence increased from 40 per 100,000 on May 9 to about 97 on May 12.
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The Roundup | How stream management mandates are playing out
From the Water Desk, an in-depth look at how the mandate coming out of the 2015 Colorado Water Plan to give greater weight to the ecological and recreational needs of a river is playing out. Tracking the Curve has Pitkin County’s new COVID-19 case incidence rate falling, while the Data Dashboard notes the Crystal River…
The Runoff | Anti-speculation efforts frustrated
In The Runoff for April, Water Desk Editor Heather Sackett shares news items you won’t read anywhere else, and updates and context from recent stories. A “new normal” of scarcity. Watershed penpals. A tribal lawyer argues for compensated forbearance.
Data dashboard: Local streamflows on the rise as snowpack shrinks
Stream management planning watered down by agriculture
Parking reservations, not permit system, eyed as solution to Marble’s OHV woes
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