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Category: The Runoff

Recent editions of the new monthly newsletter from Aspen Journalism’s Water Desk. 

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Ruedi reservoir with sign saying "John Ruedi Recreation Area White River National Forest"
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The Runoff | Big water year begins to fade away

Heather Sackett by Heather Sackett August 11, 2023August 11, 2023

The latest edition of The Runoff, a newsletter from Aspen Journalism Water Desk Editor Heather Sackett chronicling odds and ends from her work covering water policy in the Roaring Fork and upper Colorado river basins.

Boater on the San Juan River looking at cliffs
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The Runoff | Rising rivers, resolutions and questions

Heather Sackett by Heather Sackett May 25, 2023May 25, 2023

It’s spring in the Rockies and that means rivers are cranking. Three water-related bills passed into law this session. Town of Meeker trustees grill new dam proponents.

Blue River with snowy river bank, blue skies, and dogs in the water.
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The Runoff | Winter in the shade

Heather Sackett by Heather Sackett March 30, 2023March 30, 2023

I think it was Charles Dickens who described a March day as summer in the light, and winter in the shade. This year there’s been a lot more of winter in the shade, a welcome circumstance for water managers. All those overcast days could even be part of the reason for more snow accumulation at […]

A machine blows artificial snow at the top of Little Nell on Aspen Mountain
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The Runoff | Legislation, funding applications and instream flow loans

Heather Sackett by Heather Sackett February 13, 2023February 24, 2023

The opening weeks of 2023 have been filled with legislative updates and new bills, state water board news, Colorado River happenings and new chapters for local issues. Let’s dive in. – Heather SackettEditor and Reporter on the Water Desk No-flush wipes bill drafted State Senators Dylan Roberts and Perry Will, who represent the Western Slope […]

Colorado Water Conservation Board Executive Director and commissioner to the Upper Colorado River Commission, Becky Mitchell
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The Runoff | From panic to acceptance

Heather Sackett by Heather Sackett December 28, 2022December 28, 2022

Some water managers at CRWUA acknowledged a truth that is widely known but rarely stated so candidly: As the Colorado River crisis deepens, water to cities will not be cut off in favor of continuing to grow hay in the desert, no matter what the law of the river says. 

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The Runoff | Where the grant money flows

Heather Sackett by Heather Sackett September 30, 2022October 4, 2022

Here at Aspen Journalism a big part of what the Water Desk covers are meetings of governmental agencies. Before you yawn too loud, an important thing to understand is that a major responsibility of these organizations is to dole out grant money. Lots (sometimes millions) of taxpayer-funded grant money. It goes to water projects in […]

Lake Powell just upstream from dam
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The Runoff | In dog days of summer, streamflows diminish but demands don’t

Heather Sackett by Heather Sackett August 3, 2022August 24, 2022

Welcome back to The Runoff, our monthly newsletter featuring insight and news from our Water Desk you won’t read anywhere else, plus additional context and updates on our most recent reporting. Once again we are taking the place of the normal edition of The Roundup, which will return next week. Thanks for going deeper with […]

Crystal River at Avalanche Creek
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The Runoff | River District in D.C., streamflows stressed and a possible double peak

Heather Sackett by Heather Sackett June 8, 2022June 9, 2022

Insight and news from our Water Desk you won’t read anywhere else, plus additional context and updates on our most recent reporting.

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The Runoff | Anti-speculation efforts frustrated

Heather Sackett by Heather Sackett April 26, 2022May 6, 2022

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.

CRR beauty sign, elk, Sopris, fence
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The Runoff | A huge expanse of irrigated land

Heather Sackett by Heather Sackett March 15, 2022March 15, 2022

News briefs not to be missed and a recap of the state’s best reporting on water policy.

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