Tag: Colorado Springs Utilities
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Cotton in CO? Southeast farmers test if crop has potential to take hold
BENT COUNTY — It’s easy to spot Caleb Wertz’s fields along the farmland east of Las Animas. About half of the Wertz family’s land is growing corn but the other half is filled with scraggly, foot-high plants dotted with soft white bulbs. Bulbs as soft as cotton. The Cotton Belt has never reached into Colorado before. But with…
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The future of Colorado water: How the fight over Shoshone water rights affects the Front Range
A million acre-feet of water in the Colorado River — and the efforts by Western Slope water partners to keep it there — became the subject of a recent two-day hearing that could decide just who gets water and how much. One of the major points of tension is the objection by several water providers…
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Colorado’s coal plant closures not affected by EPA proposal
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to disapprove parts of Colorado’s air pollution implementation plan regarding the state’s compliance with the federal Regional Haze Rule. The rule requires that facilities that emit potential haze-producing substances show continuing reasonable progress every 10 years towards the ultimate…
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Pikes Peak recreation area could see changes under ongoing review
Trails, commercial permitting and recreation management around popular reservoirs on Pikes Peak are under a review recently launched by Colorado Springs Utilities. The agency has posted an online survey, gauging enthusiast’s interests and ideas for the future of North Slope Recreation Area. That’s the area of three reservoirs off the Pikes Peak Highway: Crystal Creek…
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Is nuclear a necessity in Colorado?
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Nuclear power is emerging as a necessity in Colorado and the U.S. to ensure the electric grid has stable power, according to local and national energy experts. The national electric grid faces a threat of catastrophic failure due the rapid shift away from the stable and “easily dispatchable” power production using coal or gas to…
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It’s been a complicated era of recreation on Pikes Peak. Is a new era on the horizon?
One morning last week, Cory Sutela was driving from Colorado Springs to Denver to present a trail project seeking funds from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The trail, back in his home Pikes Peak region, had been built around a private development close to Pike National Forest. “It’s less than a half-mile away from a Forest…
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Why access remains restricted at this ‘amazing gem’ in Colorado — despite it opening to the public 10 years ago
The scene comes back to Mary Burger like a dream: crystal-clear waters tucked between stream-lined meadows and forests and Pikes Peak’s granite shoulders, rising and falling around this glacier-carved basin above 10,000 feet. This is Pikes Peak’s south slope, where Burger led volunteers a lifetime ago as a founder of nonprofit Friends of the Peak.…
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Less-explored waters high on Pikes Peak set to open for season
A hidden chain of lakes high on Pikes Peak is set to open for the season. The gate is expected to be lifted June 13 at South Slope Recreation Area. That’s the remote, high-altitude area that opened 10 years ago to fanfare among anglers, hikers and mountain bikers who long sought the reservoirs tightly guarded…
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Snowpack lagging last year’s bounty, Colorado River negotiations intensify
After a blockbuster winter last year fended off tough decisions for the Colorado River basin, a Colorado River commissioner warned last week high snowpack levels may not bless the West again and states need to prepare. Becky Mitchell, the state of Colorado’s commissioner to the Upper Colorado River Commission, said the seven basin states of the…
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Bracing for the polar vortex: 4 tips for preparing your home as extreme cold hits Colorado Springs
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Colorado Springs Utilities officials have some tips for how residents can prepare their homes for extreme cold weather. The state is bracing for a cold snap that will bring freezing temperatures and subzero wind chills this weekend and early next week, prompting Colorado Gov. Jared Polis to verbally issue a disaster declaration officially activating the…