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Author Archives: Sarah Tory

Posted inEnvironment

Dealing with methane escaping from Coal Basin’s shuttered mines sparks debate

by Sarah Tory December 16, 2022December 20, 2022

The biggest hurdle proponents of the Coal Basin methane project might face may not be the layers of bureaucracy they will have to navigate, but convincing Redstone residents that doing something is better than doing nothing.

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In Coal Basin, a hidden source of climate pollution

by Sarah Tory October 9, 2021September 20, 2022

A coalition is pushing land managers to deal with the methane leaks by authorizing a project to capture the methane and either use it somehow or destroy it. To do that, they’ll have to surmount a host of bureaucratic challenges.

Posted inWater

How a high-elevation irrigation study in Kremmling could help Colorado avoid future water shortages

by Sarah Tory April 17, 2020November 29, 2021

Colorado State University researchers led by Dr. Perry Cabot, a water-resources specialist, will use remote sensing to determine how much water plants consume on the ranchers’ pastures and how much they save by not irrigating on select fields.

Posted inWater

Efforts to relocate an ancient wetland could help determine the fate of a water project on lower Homestake Creek

by Sarah Tory November 18, 2019April 21, 2021

The utilities, working together as Homestake Partners, are looking at building the reservoir in the Homestake Creek valley, south of Minturn, in an area that probably contains fens, which could hinder the project.

Posted inWater

Water managers seek certainty in Colorado Basin

by Sarah Tory September 20, 2017February 19, 2021

More demands, and less water, leave water managers searching for solutions.

Freddie Botur
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Money for water: A pilot project wins over skeptical farmers and ranchers

by Sarah Tory August 30, 2017February 19, 2021

A pilot program that pays ranchers to fallow fields and let their water run downstream toward Lake Powell proves popular, but raises some tricky issues yet to be resolved.

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