Colorado Stone Quarries officials must address public comments, propose plan to mitigate damage caused by creek relocation.
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Local groups want mitigation, public hearing on marble quarry water issue
They also say the company, which was found to have violated the Clean Water Act for moving the section of Yule Creek without first applying for a permit, should undertake river restoration projects elsewhere in the Crystal River basin as compensatory mitigation for damage the company caused when it moved the waterway to construct a road to better access its marble quarry.
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State water board approves second phase of investigation into demand-management program
Step II does not include a large-scale pilot program, but it leaves the door open to develop one in the future, potentially in collaboration with other upper-basin states.
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Quarry near Marble proposes leaving relocated creek where it is
Representatives from local groups expressed frustration that the permitting process for the creek relocation is happening after the fact, and they said they plan to submit comments to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the agency overseeing the permit application.
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Voters overwhelmingly pass Colorado River District tax hike
“It was the one issue that’s not partisan, that was about uniting a very politically diverse region,” according to River District general manager Andy Mueller.
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Boebert, Mitsch Bush dueling to wrest the reins of CD3 race amid COVID-19
Candidates’ campaign trail dotted with dust-ups over pandemic protocols, guns and experience.
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Pitkin County groups concerned about marble quarry’s impacts on waterways
“Residents of the valley are concerned that future negligent or illegal actions taken by this company may put both Yule Creek and the Crystal River at additional risk,” the letter reads.
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Nonresident COVID-19 cases are a significant part of virus’ footprint in Pitkin County
Pitkin County began tracking nonresidents who tested positive here in mid-July, after numerous inquiries on the topic from news media and community groups; Aspen Journalism on July 13 filed a Colorado Open Records Act request for data on nonresident COVID-19 cases.
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Concerns rise over Grizzly Creek Fire’s impact on Colorado River’s endangered fish downstream
Downstream from the Grizzly Creek Fire, beginning in DeBeque Canyon, is critical habitat for four species of endangered fish: humpback chub, Colorado pikeminnow, bonytail and razorback sucker.
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Colorado official says demand management program holds water
Each group met multiple times over the past year and their findings, as well as their lingering questions, were included in a 200-page demand management update report presented Wednesday to CWCB directors.