Tag: Rio Grande River
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Ice Fest, Snowdown and more: Celebrate winter at festivals across Colorado
You can’t stop winter from wintering, so you might as well embrace the season. See if you can relish the cold, snow, ice and all the pleasures that accompany the frozen days with the help of a festive winter festival or two. And remember, spring solstice is only a little over two months away. Annual…
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Colorado officials eye new reservoir for native trout
Colorado Parks and Wildlife has identified a new home for a native fish. Officials recently announced work would begin late this month to prepare Rito Hondo Reservoir for Rio Grande cutthroat trout. In a news release, CPW called it “a unique opportunity” while the reservoir near Creede has been lowered for dam repairs. According to…
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Colorado’s age-old water doctrine pushed to the brink by drought
Editor’s Note: This story is a collaborative report by Fresh Water News working with nine other Colorado news outlets. In Evans, four miles south of Greeley, houses are shooting up. Once a quiet farm town, Evans is scrambling to come up with enough water to slake the thirst of hundreds of new homeowners, drawn here…
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Colorado’s Rio Grande has sustained historic way of life in Alamosa. Can it last?
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the fields beyond Alamosa, it was a rare morning. Cleave Simpson found his hay damp. “It’s frustrating when you got hay on the ground and there’s rain on it,” he said. “But when you live around here, you learn to appreciate it.” Katie Klann,…
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Colorado River Towns | Alamosa
The people of Alamosa have always had a relationship with the Rio Grande, but San Luis Valley Great Outdoors is working to revitalize the Rio and connect the community with their water.
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Colorado ranchers see dividends in water for fish. Are they on to something?
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nathan Coombs, a burly alfalfa farmer in the San Luis Valley, never imagined he would trust an environmentalist enough to have a beer with one, much less partner with one to improve habitat for fish in the region’s rivers and streams. As manager of the…