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Vail Resorts Honors Colorado River Day With $1 Million Gift to The Nature Conservancy

The San Juan watershed

Yesterday, Vail Resorts, Inc. pledged $1 million to The Nature Conservancy (TNC), a global environmental nonprofit working to create a world where people and nature can thrive. The support will span four years and is largely committed to restoring the Colorado River, which starts as snowmelt north of Grand Lake, Colorado, and flows more than 1,400 miles, providing water for […]

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Avatar photo Press Release | July 26, 2024
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$2.4 Million Federal Grant for Cloud Seeding in the Upper Colorado River Basin

Cloud seeding operation

Last week, The Southern Nevada Water Authority voted to accept a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to fund cloud seeding in Western states whose rivers feed the Upper Colorado River Basin.ย The weather modification method utilizes planes and cannons to launch silver iodide crystals into clouds. This process attracts moisture to the particles that fall as snow […]

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Luke Guilford | March 20, 2023
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Late Season Snow In Colorado Brings Too Little, Too Late

Denver, colorado

All of the snow that Colorado didn’t get this year came at once.ย Earlier this March, Colorado experienced itsย 4th-largestย snowstorm on record. Some areas of the front-range saw up to three feet of accumulation.ย After such a dry winter, the snow was a welcome sight.ย  However, experts remain worried about water availability for the rest of the year. According to aย 2020 study inย Science, […]

Tony Miller | March 31, 2021
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Man Died While Swimming in Colorado River in the Grand Canyon National Park, AZ

Grand Canyon, Colorado River, man died, swimming, deer creek,

A 77-year-old Australian man died while swimming in the Colorado River at the Grand Canyon National Park, the park service said last night. Related: 70-Year-Old Woman Died Yesterday in Second Fatal Fall in a Month at Grand Canyon National Park, AZ Park rangers responded to an emergency call of assistance on Tuesday for Kenneth Reece of Tasmania, Australia, who was […]

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Colorado’s “River Report Card” is Out, and the State is Flunking…

Conservation Coloradoย just published the first of what it’s calling a “river report card,” where the organization graded eight of the state’s major waterways. ย The rubric included water flow, water quality, water diverted out of basin, major damns, and otherย variousย factors. ย As you can see above, the results were not pretty. Only one river, the Yampa, sitting in theย the northern part of […]

Spencer Miller | July 17, 2017
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