Vallecito Reservoir
March 6, 2010--Legislature OKs senator's energy bill (Durango Herald)
Sen. Bruce Whitehead's renewable energy bill passed the Legislature on Friday in a 21-13 vote, but even before it passed, the bill generated enough heat to raise temperatures in the Senate. House Bill 1001 lifts the renewable power standard for Colorado's biggest utilities to 30 percent by 2020. It is one of Gov.
September 27, 2009--Judge decides against Pine River District (Durango Herald)
A federal court judge says the Pine River Irrigation District has no
authority to build a dam and create a reservoir in the Weminuche
Wilderness north of Vallecito. In a Sept. 18 ruling, U.S. District
Court Judge John L. Kane dismissed a claim by the irrigation district
that in 1940 it acquired the right build a dam at Emerald Lake.
July 8, 2009--San Juan River flows set to increase today (Durango Herald)
Declining river flows in the San Juan Basin are leading the Bureau of Reclamation to increase water releases from Navajo Reservoir to 800 cubic feet per second.
Recreation At Southwest Colorado Federal Reservoirs
Federal reservoirs in southwest Colorado include: Lemon, Jackson Gulch, McPhee, Lake Nighthorse, and Vallecito. The history of recreation at these federal reservoirs is both old and new.
June 26, 2009--Users fees coming at Vallecito Reservoir (Pine River Times)
User fees are in the works at Vallecito for things like vehicle and boat trailer parking as part of Pine River Irrigation District’s new contract to manage recreation for the Bureau of Reclamation on the l
June 5, 2009--Pact secures Vallecito recreation (Durango Herald)
Recreation at Vallecito Reservoir is secure for the next 25 years with an announcement this week that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and the Pine River Irrigation District have signed a new contract.
May 27, 2009--Gate problems halt A-LP pumping (Durango Herald)
A malfunction at the Animas-La Plata Project has halted pumping and could push back the date the reservoir is full by six months, Bureau of Reclamation officials said Tuesday.
February 14, 2009--Public to discuss uses for Lake Nighthorse (Durango Herald)
The filling of Lake Nighthorse, scheduled to begin this spring, has brought a topic barely mentioned in
January 22, 2009--Time nears to fill Lake Nighthorse (Durango Herald)
The first phase of the Animas-La Plata Project - a settlement of Native American water-right claims - is over, and starting March 1, the federal agency in charge is concentrating on filling the reservoir t
September 16, 2008--Blazes affect salmon at Vallecito (Durango Herald)
Two drought-driven wildfires - the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire that burned 70,000 acres around Vallecito Reservoir and the 2003 Bear Creek Fire that burned 1,500 acres in the upper Vallecito Creek watershed - set the stage for environmental disaster.
