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Greeley City Council Passes Terry Ranch Project
KUNC | By Luke Runyon Published March 3, 2021 at 11:46 AM MST Greeley city council has voted in favor of acquiring a large aquifer on the Colorado-Wyoming border to…
New Terry Ranch water testing data illustrates future of potential project
By Cuyler Meade | cmeade@greeleytribune.com | Greeley Tribune January 28, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. When the city of Greeley began exploring the potential of acquiring the Terry Ranch aquifer, there…
William Hoyt: Weighing the feasibility of the Terry Ranch project
By Greeley Tribune guest columns | letters@greeleytribune.com | January 6, 2021 at 7:00 a.m. As a geologist versed in all things water, I have followed with interest Greeley’s fascinating and…
Costs keep rising for proposed Fort Collins water storage project
WRITTEN BY Kevin Duggan, Fort Collins Coloradoan The potential cost of expanding Halligan Reservoir northwest of Fort Collins continues to rise. Fort Collins Utilities officials say the expected cost of…
States sign short-term Colorado River drought plan, but global warming looms over long-term solutions
Photo: Mark Henle, The Republic WRITTEN BY Ian James, Arizona Republic The Colorado River just got a boost that’s likely to prevent its depleted reservoirs from bottoming out, at least…
Colorado’s epic snowfall helps ease drought conditions, but state not out of the woods
Photo: RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post WRITTEN BY Jackson Barnett, Denver Post Colorado has suffered from drought that has parched much of the state, hitting the Four Corners area especially hard,…
Colorado, Western states finalize landmark drought plan to voluntarily use less Colorado River water
Photo: John Locher/Associated PressWRITTEN BYBruce Finley, Denver Post Faced with reservoirs less than half full along the Colorado River, federal authorities and negotiators for Colorado and six other Western states…
Northern Water tells Loveland City Council drought may lead to strategic reduction in NoCo water deliveries
Photo: Jenny Sparks/Loveland Reporter-HeraldWRITTEN BYJulia Rentsch, Loveland Reporter-Herald The Colorado River Basin is facing nearly 20 years of drought. To address drought concerns, some Colorado River water rights holders on the Front…
Federal Government Steps In to Handle Colorado River Drought Crisis
WRITTEN BYLauren Sommer, KQED Despite a last-minute frenzy of deal-making, the federal government announced that it will begin taking “protective actions” on the Colorado River, where a long-running drought has put…