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San Juan River Basin

March 28, 2008--Sediment study hits home (Durango Telegraph)

The study of airborne particulates is becoming one of the hottest areas of climate change, according to Joe McConnell, a scientist at the Desert Research Institute in Reno.

March 5, 2008--Area snowpack at 155% of average (Durango Herald)

Snowfall in the mountains of southern Colorado - including the Animas, Dolores and San Juan river basins - exceeds its average by more than any other area in the state, according to

March 1, 2008--Above-average snowpack predicted to bring Lake Powell up to 3,639 feet (Lake Powell Chronicle)

Multiple storms have dumped considerable amounts of snow into the Colorado River basin this winter, which could bode very well for boosting the level of Lake Powell, according

February 25, 2008--San Juan Basin stakeholders group forms (Durango Herald)

With a nudge from a U.S. congressman, a new stakeholders group has been formed to give voice to individuals affected by coal-bed methane drilling in the northern San Juan Basin.

February 24, 2008--Western dust up 500 percent in 200 years (Enviornmental News Service)

The Western United States has become 500 percent dustier in the past two centuries due to westward expansion and accompanying human activity beginning in the 1800s, according to a n

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