Colorado Department of Natural Resources
October 27, 2009--Colorado health chief Jim Martin to lead Department of Natural Resources (Denver Post)
Gov. Bill Ritter on Monday named state health chief Jim Martin to run the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, a decision that met with immediate approval from the state's environmental advocates. Starting Nov.
October 20, 2009--Colo. seeks more info on oil shale impact (Vail Daily)
A Colorado official says the state supports oil shale development but wants more information about the potential impacts on water, the environment and public health before commercial development begins. Bob Randall of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources says the state also wants the federal government to proceed slowly with further leases on public land for research and development.
September 15, 2009--State plans for multiple water futures (Pueblo Chieftain)
The state is moving closer to a plan to reduce the impact of drying up farmland to meet urban growth demands. The
Interbasin Compact Committee, working with the Colorado Water
Conservation Board, has begun crunching numbers in looking at how the
quest to satisfy future water demands will affect current uses.
September 10, 2009--Love it, hate it: Conservationists split on Sherman pick to head USFS (Colorado Independent)
Some conservationists praised the Obama administration’s nomination
Thursday of Harris Sherman to the post of Undersecretary of Natural
Resources and Environment at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Others
aren’t quite so sure the two-time head of the Colorado Department of
Natural Resources is the right choice.
July 21, 2009--State still struggles with water puzzle (Pueblo Chieftain)
Solving the state’s looming water crisis is going to be hard, expensive and will take cooperation that is only dimly coming into focus.
- Agriculture
- Arkansas Basin Roundtable
- Arkansas River
- Climate Change
- Colorado
- Colorado Department of Natural Resources
- Colorado Water Conservation Board
- Drought
- Interbasin Compact Committee
- Irrigation
- Municipal Water
- Press Clippings
- South Platte River
- Statewide Water Supply Initiative
- Trout Unlimited
- Water Rights
- Water Supplies
- Water Treatment
June 3, 2009--State eyeing local water for future growth (Crested Butte News)
It’s been nine months since local officials learned of the state’s interest in securing a contract from the Bureau of Reclamation for 200,000 acre-feet of water from Blue Mesa Reservoir.
- Agriculture
- Aspinall Unit
- Blue Mesa Reservoir
- Bureau of Reclamation
- Colorado
- Colorado Department of Natural Resources
- Colorado River
- Drought
- Environmental Impact Statement
- Gunnsion River
- Irrigation
- Oil and Gas Development
- Population Growth
- Press Clippings
- Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District
- Water Storage
- Water Supply
May 20,2009--State water board names new chairman (Pueblo Chieftain)
A new chairman and a new board member were welcomed Tuesday by the Colorado Water Conservation Board, meeting at the Pueblo Convention Center.
April 26, 2009--Surge of water projects show little coordination (Denver Post)
A $3 billion scrum of water projects is being developed along the Front Range — but their cumulative impacts, and whether there is water enough for all, remains to be sorted out.
- Aurora Water
- Bureau of Reclamation
- Cache la Poudre River
- Colorado
- Colorado Department of Natural Resources
- Denver Water
- East Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Greeley Halligan-Seaman Reservoir
- Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District
- Press Clippings
- South Metro Water Supply Authority
- Southern Delivery System
- Trout Unlimited
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Water Law
- Water Quality
- Water Rights
- Windy Gap Firming Project
April 1, 2009--Water Board concerned with state's interest in local water (Crested Butte News)
There’s a lot of attention on Blue Mesa Reservoir these days.
- Aspinall Water Storage Unit
- Blue Mesa Reservoir
- Bureau of Reclamation
- Colorado
- Colorado Department of Natural Resources
- Colorado River
- Colorado River Compact
- Colorado Water Congress
- Colorado Water Conservation Board
- Oil Shale Development
- Press Clippings
- Upper Colorado River Compact
- Upper Gunnison Basin
- Upper Gunnison River Water Conservancy District
- Water Storage
- Water Supply
- Yampa River
