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August 10, 2009--Stimulus funding targets irrigation efficiency (High Country News)
Drought intensified this summer
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July 19, 2009--Protecting ag land key to state's health (Pueblo Chieftain)
If Colorado’s mountains are like the heart and lungs of the state, its streamside environments are the veins and arteries.
June 27, 2009--County OK with Bass in river (Aspen Daily News)
Texas billionaire Ed Bass persuaded four out of five Pitkin County commissioners this week to approve his plan of using a trackhoe to reshape the Roaring Fork River channel where it runs along his property
June 15, 2009--Pitkin County commissioners wading into controversial river restoration (Aspen Times)
A plan to restore a stretch of the Roaring Fork River east of Aspen that initially pitted some environmental organizations against others and drew objections from neighbors will resurface Monday, when Pitk
April 9, 2009--Roaring Fork near Aspen to see restoration (Aspen Times)
A half-mile stretch of the Roaring Fork River 2 miles east of Aspen is slated for restoration work later this year, according to an announcement by the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies.
January 11, 2009--Unusual alliances give dams upgrades (Denver Post)
Conservation groups such as Trout Unlimited are usually opponents of irrigation dams, which help farmers and block the free flow of rivers.
December 12, 2008--Coral reef loss suggests global extinction event (Environmental News Network)
The world is on the brink of a massive extinction eve
November 10, 2008--Major change planned for West Coast fisheries (L.A. Times)
After years of lax rules and wasteful practices that led to an economic disaster, fishery managers have decided to adopt a new approach to some of the West Coast's largest fisheries: give fishermen ex
October 1, 2008--Water board awards Greeley $102,000 (Greeley Tribune)
The Colorado Water Conservation Board has awarded the city of Greeley a grant of nearly $102,000 to support a first-of-its-kind effort to create a shared vision for operation of a proposed reservoir project.
September 15, 2008--Colorado to spend $1.5 million yearly to protect streams (Rocky Mountain News)
Colorado, for the first time in its history, is infusing $1.5 million into a program to preserve water for streams. Until now the initiative has relied largely on the charity of others.
