Author: Forrest Czarnecki, The Denver Gazette
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High and Dry: Colorado in Drought – Part I, The Past
The severe drought that swept through Colorado in 2020 leaving the prairies cracked and dusty and the forests tinder dry ahead of the state’s largest wildfires could be a harbinger of what the future will hold. However, in the arid Southwest, it’s not the first time that such challenges have wrecked lives and livelihoods. In…
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High and Dry: Colorado in Drought – Part I, The Past
The severe drought that swept through Colorado in 2020 leaving the prairies cracked and dusty and the forests tinder dry ahead of the state’s largest wildfires could be a harbinger of what the future will hold. However, in the arid Southwest, it’s not the first time that such challenges have wrecked lives and livelihoods. In…