U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
March 10, 2010--West Slope questions Denver Water plan (Summit Citizens)
Local officials said Tuesday that a draft environmental study for a major Denver Water project is incomplete and doesn’t accurately reflect potential impacts in Summit County. At issue is Denver Water’s plan to expand its Moffat Collection system in Grand County.
March 6, 2010--Court ruling cutting off Atlanta from federal reservoir could have national implications (Los Angeles Times)
Sixty years ago, the late Atlanta Mayor William Hartsfield resisted helping to pay for Lake Lanier, a new federal reservoir being built north of town. Atlanta had plenty of water, he wrote Congress. Thanks, but no thanks. Those words came back to haunt Atlanta last year. A federal judge ruled that the city has been illegally tapping Lanier for years as its primary water source.
February 10, 2010--‘Islands of moisture’ (Pueblo Chieftain)
A new report says Colorado wetlands in danger from pollution or development are without oversight by the Army Corps of Engineers. “These are islands of moisture,” said Dennis Buechler, author of the report released Tuesday by the National Wildlife Federation, Ducks Unlimited and Trout Unlimited. The wetlands are important to wildlife.
January 29, 2010--OMB cuts Army Corps funding by 12% in draft 2011 budget (New York Times)
The Army Corps of Engineers would face a 12 percent funding cut next year under a draft budget request from the Obama administration. According to the Office of Management and Budget "passback," shared with top Army Corps officials in early December and recently obtained by E&E, the White House will propose $4.81 billion for the agency in the fiscal 2011 budget.
January 15, 2010--Flaming Gorge pipeline users lining up (Pueblo Chieftain)
An entrepreneur who wants to build a 560-mile water pipeline from Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Wyoming to Colorado’s Front Range says he has lined up letters of interest from water users all along the route. The exception so far is El Paso County, where water providers want to talk about other options for where water could be stored and create a task force.
December 12, 2009--Restoration project improves health of Dolores River (Cortez Journal)
Some big equipment last week in the Dolores River channel across from Joe Rowell Park may precede big improvements to the river's health. Bill Coughlin, owner of Western Stream Works based in Ridgway, and Danny Bankston contracted with the U.S.
December 2, 2009--EPA fines Greeley firm for gravel piles near river (Greeley Tribune)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with Bucklen Equipment Company to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act in Weld County. Under the agreement, the company will pay a penalty of $16,000 and remove any remaining gravel piles from wetlands along the Cache la Poudre River within the city of Greeley.
November 28, 2009--Denver Water looks for more mountain water (Summit Daily News)
A plan by Denver Water to increase water diversions from the West Slope to the Front Range will get an early December public hearing in Summit County. As described in a draft environmental study, the Moffat Collection System project in Grand County would also have impacts on flows on the Blue River.
November 21, 2009--Asian carp may be near U.S. Great Lakes (Environmental News Network)
There are signs Asian carp may have breached barriers designed to keep the prolific fish out of the Great Lakes, which could spell ecological disaster for the vital source of fresh water, authorities said on Fri
November 20, 2009--Effects of judge's Katrina ruling could be huge (Los Angeles Times)
The harshly worded legal ruling that held the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers responsible for much of the flooding during Hurricane Katrina could have a far-reaching effect on national flood-control policies and on the federal government's long-standing refusal to take responsibility for its errors. U.S. District Judge Stanwood R. Duval Jr.
