US Army Corps of Engineers
February 5, 2009--Decision on Glade delayed at least a year; more study required (Loveland Reporter Herald)
A decision on whether to build Glade Reservoir north of Fort Collins has been delayed at least a year for further environmental study.
June 13, 2008--Controversy approaches high water mark (Fort Collins Now)
The heavy rains and rapid snowmelt that have charged the Cache la Poudre River in the past couple weeks won’t affect the debate about Glade Reservoir—not that the issue needed more ammunition.
June 6, 2008--Critics fault Army Corps designation of part of LA River (Denver Post)
Environmentalists on Thursday charged that a decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers fails to ensure federal clean water protections to the entire Los Angeles River.
May 22, 2008--Senate panel pushes for Fountain Creek dam (Pueblo Chieftain)
Proving there is more than one way to get things done, Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar persuaded a key Senate committee Wednesday to order the Army Corps of Engineers to begin studying whether a dam or reservoir should be built on Fountain Creek for flood control and other purposes.
May 22, 2008--Proposed change to water law riles landowners (USA Today)
A proposal backed by environmentalists to change one word in the Clean Water Act and subject tens of millions more acres of land to new federal oversight has ranchers and farmers fuming. "It's a huge grab for more federal intervention in our lives, and we don't need that," says Montana cattle rancher Randy Smith says.
May 12, 2008--Douglas to get water relief (Denver Post)
An expanded reservoir south of the city will be 50 percent larger than Cherry Creek Reservoir, help thirsty Douglas County residents whose wells are low and provide a place to fish and play. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently approved the Parker Water and Sanitation District's request to quadruple the size of the Rueter-Hess Reservoir near Parker.
May 11, 2008--Army Corps says condition of many levees a mystery (New York Times)
Across America, earthen flood levees protect big cities and small towns, wealthy suburbs and rich farmland. But the Army Corps of Engineers, the federal agency that oversees levees, lacks an inventory of thousands of them and has no idea of their condition, the corps' chief levee expert told The Associated Press.
May 8, 2008--Denver Water Board extends olive branch to West Slope (Sky Hi Daily News)
Denver Water may be owning up to the impacts its water diversions have had on Grand County water sources. At the State of the River meeting hosted by the Colorado River District in Granby on Tuesday, Denver Water Manager Chips Barry commented the water supplier is working to “mitigate the past” as it takes care of the future.
May 2, 2008--Northern cities plan to build two reservoirs (Pueblo Chieftain)
A draft environmental impact statement for a $400 million plan to build two reservoirs in Northern Colorado is available for public comment.
May 1, 2008--Review of reservoir along Poudre backs need for more water (Denver Post)
The Army Corps of Engineers on Wednesday agreed with backers of a massive reservoir project in northern Colorado that population growth calls for new water supplies and that if the plan is rejected, cities will dry up huge tracts of farmland.
