Water scarcity and explosive growth are driving water providers in the South Platte basin towards costly solutions.
Author Archives: Brent Gardner-Smith
Brent Gardner-Smith founded Aspen Journalism in 2011. He also served as AJ’s first executive director, from 2011 until 2021, and as its first editor, until 2020. He's also been the news director at Aspen Public Radio and a reporter at The Aspen Times and the Aspen Daily News. Brent also worked at ProPublica in 2010, as a communications intern, while earning his master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri.
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Ruedi Reservoir getting tapped for more water releases into Fryingpan
Low water and competing interests making water management at Ruedi Reservoir more complicated, and more coordinated.
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Delving deeper into ‘anticipatory mandatory curtailment’ in Colorado
Can the state curtail water use to avoid violating the Colorado Compact? Views differ.
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Aspen makes progress in water court on moving Castle and Maroon water rights
Agreements with ten opposing parties approved, but key water decrees not issued yet.
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Glenwood Springs close to securing rights for new whitewater parks
Glenwood reaches an accord with Aurora and Colorado Springs, but had to give up the right to 30,000 acre-feet of potential flows in the river.
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Colorado voices support for regional drought contingency plans
The CWCB adopts a policy addressing concerns of the Western Slope and affirming its support of drought contingency plans and agreements.
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Still in drought, Colorado sees snowy, cold start to 2019 water year
Early snow welcomed, but fears remain about low water in the Colorado River system
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Aspen Journalism’s top reporting efforts, from 2011 to 2018
As we head into our ninth year of operations, we take a look back.
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Western Slope wants limits on water sent to Lake Powell in response to drought
Western Slope water managers are concerned a new storage pool of water may be filled with water from mandatory cutbacks in water use.