Tag: Becky Mitchell
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Colorado River states face new deadline on water usage reductions
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Another deadline to establish major cutbacks in water use in the seven-state Colorado River Basin is quickly approaching, as the states continue talks, as ordered by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Last summer Reclamation Commissioner Camille Touton ordered the states to figure out how to…
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Lake Powell drops to its lowest level in history
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Anyone who is tied to the Colorado River — farmers, ranchers, water providers, state and federal officials and recreational users — had hoped this day would never come. Or at least not so soon. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced Lake Powell, which gets its water from…
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In pandemic squeeze, Vail exits Colorado cloud seeding program
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Vail Resorts Inc., one of the largest financial contributors to Colorado’s cloud seeding program, has dropped out this year, leaving a major hole in the program’s budget. Cloud seeding is a practice in which silver iodide pellets are sprayed into storm clouds in an effort…