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href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - 14 Feb 2010 Mohave Valley NewsBULLHEAD CITY — Last year, 400 people participated in the inaugural Colorado River Cleanup. Saturday, more than 1000 ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - 14 Feb 2010 Las Vegas Review - JournalScheduled field trips will take bird and wildlife enthusiasts to such sites as Big Bend of the Colorado River State Recreation Area, Colorado River Heritage ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - 14 Feb 2010 Mohave Valley NewsMike Lipshultz, a member of the United Way of the Colorado River board, who helped link the river cleanup with the Give A Day program through the HandsOn ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - 14 Feb 2010 Yuma SunAlso on Main Street sat a giant replica of the Colorado River. The replica played host to hundreds of rubber ducks, which raced toward the finish line as ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - 14 Feb 2010 Home and Away...lower end of Lake Powell and the start of Glen Canyon, the last “tame� section of the Colorado River before it plunges headlong into the Grand Canyon. ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - 14 Feb 2010 The Decatur DailyIN THE HEART OF THE CANYON, an unlikely group comes together for a rafting trip on the Colorado River and tragedy strikes, by Elisabeth Hyde. ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 12, 2010 The Colorado StatesmanMembers of the Colorado River Outfitter Association installed the rafting display along with signs taped to paddles proclaiming “Why 1188? ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 11, 2010 Mountain Mail NewspaperMore than 205000 commercial users on the Arkansas River last year contributed to a state economic impact of about $60 million according to a Colorado River ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 6, 2010 Los Angeles TimesIf rafting the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park is on your travel wish list, think ahead to 2011 and take your chances with the lottery. ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 12, 2010 Mohave Valley NewsBULLHEAD CITY — As the community prepares for the second annual Colorado River Cleanup Saturday, some local students ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 12, 2010 Inland Valley Daily BulletinNEEDLES - Bashas', the only grocery store in this tiny Colorado River town on old Route 66 is closing for good in six ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 11, 2010 Las Vegas Review - JournalBureau spokesman Bob Walsh said the rising water level is more a product of the rain reducing Colorado River water demand for agricultural use in Southern ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 13, 2010 The Durango HeraldAfter hearing from constituents, after the legislators' debate about the bill, looking at court cases and the history of Colorado river usage and carefully ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 9, 2010 MMD Newswire (press release)Grand Canyon, AZ (MMD Newswire) February 9, 2010 -- Grand Canyon rafting outfitter Colorado River & Trail Expeditions has announced they still have limited ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 11, 2010 Community Impact NewspaperAUSTIN — Lower Colorado River Authority staff is putting together a 90-year plan to meet the water needs of ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 2, 2010 89.3 KPCCAn experimental flood on the Colorado River in Arizona yielded only mixed success in restoring habitat below a dam. KPCC's Molly Peterson says the research ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 12, 2010 Yuma SunLocal Colorado River tours - Tours of the Colorado River will depart from the Yuma River Daze Festival Saturday and Sunday. The tours will feature the All ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 11, 2010 Mohave Valley NewsBULLHEAD CITY - More than 1000 people are expected to take part in Saturday's Colorado River Cleanup in Bullhead City and Laughlin. The cleanup is scheduled ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 9, 2010 Aspen Daily NewsMark Hurlburt, a district attorney in Summit County representing the Colorado District Attorney's Council, testified in favor of clarifying Colorado's river ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 10, 2010 Yuma SunAnswer: a giant replica of the Colorado River that will make its debut this weekend at the Yuma River Daze Festival ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 8, 2010 The ColoradoanColorado can take water from Wyoming because the Green River, part of the Colorado River system, briefly enters northwest Colorado, giving the state a right ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 7, 2010 Examiner.comThe South Platte Basin -- where Denver and the Front Range get most of their water -- is at 79% of average today with the Colorado River Basin -- where ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 12, 2010 Grand Junction SentinelPassengers on a ferry cross the Grand (now Colorado) River in the 1890s. From left to right are: first man unidentified, John Gavin, Thomas Lowry, ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 12, 2010 The ColoradoanNikkel for helping keep Colorado's river open for business and fun. I'm counting on Nikkel's continued support in the House, and we all should applaud her ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 11, 2010 Vail Daily NewsThe capital campaign funds the purchase of 85 acres along the Colorado River, operations through the nonprofit's first year of opening and the current ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 10, 2010 News 8 AustinThe City of Hutto bought back its wastewater treatment plant Wednesday, 12 years after entering into an agreement with the Lower Colorado River Authority. ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 10, 2010 Pueblo ChieftainCANON CITY — Colorado's river outfitters are doing their part to buoy a weak state economy. The industry last summer saw only a slight dip ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 13, 2010 Pueblo ChieftainHobbs noted that Delph Carpenter and the other men who negotiated the Colorado River Compact throughout the 1930s, recognized the need for reservoirs on the ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 10, 2010 Bay City Daily TribuneMatagorda County water issues consultant and rice farmer Haskell Simon was advised Tuesday afternoon that Tom Mason, Lower Colorado River ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 12, 2010 KGTV San DiegoThe salt comes from the Colorado River, the source of two-thirds of the county's water. The river water has a high salt content, and salt is not good for ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 11, 2010 Austin American-Statesman (blog)Central Texas has seen only a few tenths of an inch of rainfall in the past 24 hours, according to readings from the Lower Colorado River Authority. ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 12, 2010 Seguin Gazette-EnterpriseAn official with the city said the Lower Colorado River Authority reported a problem in its transmission system that temporarily shut off power to two of ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 10, 2010 AZ Central.comThose include the Salt River lakes east of Phoenix and Lake Powell along the Colorado River. "Somebody can go into Lake Pleasant and then into one of our ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 10, 2010 North County TimesThe smallmouth action on the Colorado River looks like it might be poised to take off again, too, and CachumaÆs smallmouths are also picking up. ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Jan 20, 2010 Pueblo ChieftainActually, the water board has contributed to the Colorado River endangered fish program for many years, joining other Front Range water users who import ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 12, 2010 Grand Junction SentinelThe car was parked on Prospector's Point, overlooking the Fifth Street bridge and Colorado River. Police at the time said there were indications at the ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Jan 30, 2010 Pueblo ChieftainDENVER — Like beetle-killed lodgepole pines or prolonged drought, a study of Colorado River water availability is likely to leave a few gray ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 4, 2010 Aspen Daily NewsThe spring flows in the Roaring Fork River at its confluence with the Colorado River in Glenwood Springs is now projected to be 83 percent of average. ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Jan 25, 2010 Austin American-Statesman (blog)That was the message at a meeting last week of the board of the LCRA, which oversees the doling out of Colorado River water. Yes, we had a rainy fall, and, ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 8, 2010 Press-EnterpriseCadiz Inc. would spend $200 million to build 44 miles of pipeline from the Cadiz Valley area to the Colorado River Aqueduct to carry water to and from the ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 9, 2010 Craig Daily PressCraig — The protected strain of Colorado River Cutthroat trout will be getting a new home this summer. The Colorado Division of Wildlife will ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 10, 2010 Austin American-StatesmanThe chance of rain is at 100 percent for most of today , meteorologists said, but the chances of sleet and snow have dropped off the forecast. ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 10, 2010 Fredericksburg StandardAn open house for landowners affected by Lower Colorado River Authority Transmission Services Corporation power line construction will be held here in just ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 13, 2010 Anchorage Daily News...a kayak and raft trip down the Grand Canyon in March, the pool offers the only place to get in any practice before hopping into the Colorado River. ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 2, 2010 Pueblo ChieftainThis week, the Colorado River Outfitters Association is hosting its annual convention and trade show at the Pueblo Convention Center. ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 1, 2010 Austin American-Statesman (blog)The Lower Colorado River Authority scored a major victory over the San Antonio Water System on Monday ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 9, 2010 Grand Junction SentinelBy Staff Global climate change is appropriately fueling concerns about the quantity of water available in the Colorado River basin to meet the needs of ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 12, 2010 Mohave Valley NewsTuesday that Rainbow Drive appears to be developing as the inter-agency team's next preferred alternative for a second bridge over the Colorado River. ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 3, 2010 Holyoke EnterprisePreliminary results from a multi-year study on the Colorado River suggests the state still has water available to develop, but additional research is needed ... href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="return false;" - Feb 7, 2010 KTNV Las VegasThe bridge soars 1900 feet across the Colorado River Gorge. When it's finished, it will be the longest bridge of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. ... Austin-area mussel is a big discovery - 05 Aug 2009 Austin American-StatesmanTwo transplanted Russians, wading the shallow waters of the Colorado River upstream from Austin, have discovered a significant population of Fishing Report - Aug. 6, 2009 - 05 Aug 2009 AZ Central.comThe east and west forks of the Black River are scheduled for weekly trout plants this month as is the Little Colorado River at Greer. Elisabeth Hyde coming to Edwards - 05 Aug 2009 Vail Daily News...a 13-day rafting trip through the Grand Canyon where the lives of everyone on board converge and roil like the raging waters of the Colorado River. Central Texas lake levels are lower than normal this summer - 05 Aug 2009 Examiner.comThe Highland Lakes were created from the 1930s to the 1950s by a series of dams built on the Colorado River to control flooding and supply water and Ecstasy in your putting green? It's more likely than you might think - 05 Aug 2009 The ColoradoanUniversity of Arizona professor Charles A. Sanchez is conducting research on the Colorado River into where such chemicals are found and at what levels they Hydrating Phoenix: Quenching a city in the desert - 05 Aug 2009 Mother Nature NetworkPhoenix currently gets its water from several sources: the Colorado River (36 percent), the Salt River (54 percent), groundwater (3 percent) and reclaimed EDITORIAL: Attacking "Big Straw" Wrong Idea - 05 Aug 2009 istockAnalyst.com (press release) (press release)He asserted he "remain(s) opposed to the project," though he did recognize Colorado's rights to the water under the Colorado River Compact. Summit County Weekly Fishing Report - 05 Aug 2009 Summit Daily News...“The Colorado (River) had been effected pretty bad — more so than some others, but it's now back to what it should be,� said Adam Morgan of Cutthroat Coast-to-coast walk on Al Slusser's 'bucket list' - 05 Aug 2009 Camp Verde BugleSo far, he has crossed off a couple of items on that list, riding in a hot-air balloon and rafting the Colorado River. But this dream got started long Summer storms pose dangers for boaters - 05 Aug 2009 Reno Gazette JournalOver the years, several people have lost their lives in weather-related boating accidents along the Lower Colorado River. Swamped boats are a significant Clean Energy 101: Are hydropower, hydrogen, and nuclear power ... - 05 Aug 2009 Examiner.comFurthermore, well known dams at Lake Powell and Lake Mead along the Colorado River provide power to many in the Southwest, but the water levels in the lakes Missing canoeists rescued - 05 Aug 2009 Winnipeg Free PressThe three, all aged 17, were unloading their canoe at a portage site when the river -- known by canoeists as the province's version of the Colorado River Land Of The Lost (2009) - 05 Aug 2009 Real Movie NewsWill and Holly, who are caught in a time vortex while exploring the Colorado River on a raft and transported to a mysterious world. Matagorda: The secret's out - 05 Aug 2009 Houston ChronicleThe best place to start exploring the bay is at this first-rate park and nature center run by the Lower Colorado River Authority. EPA re-evaluates rocket fuel chemical's effect on children - 05 Aug 2009 Las Vegas SunWater researchers found between four and nine parts per billion of perchlorate in Colorado River water flowing to Southern California from Lake Mead in the UNITED STATES **15 Aug 2009 Bridge span over Colorado River joined up - Aug 3, 2009 NewsAhead AgencyThe sides of the 1896 foot-long arch for the Colorado River Bridge, the central part of the 3.5-mile Hoover Dam Bypass Project in Nevada, Body recovered from river - Aug 4, 2009 9NEWS.comThe dam is located about a half- mile south of where the Gunnison River meets the Colorado River. The man's body was found shortly after 4 pm Police believe Warming warning on Colorado River water - Jul 22, 2009 msnbc.comBy LiveScience Staff There's a one-in-two chance that the water reservoirs of the Colorado River will dry up by 2050 if water management practices remain One arrested, one sought after river fight - Aug 4, 2009 Yuma SunA San Diego-area man has been booked into Yuma County jail on one count each of assault and of disorderly conduct after a fight on the Colorado River. Rural areas face challenge to find next water source - Aug 2, 2009 Arizona Republic..."This part of Arizona, just like Central Arizona, needs to be plugged into a stable water source, like the Colorado River," said Brad Hill, Appeals Court Rejects Suit Against Motorized Rafts in Grand Canyon - Jul 22, 2009 New York TimesFour conservation groups had argued that the use of motorized rafts on the Colorado River and helicopters to make passenger exchanges impairs the wilderness Car pulled from Colorado River - Aug 1, 2009 Grand Junction SentinelA man and a woman saw the trunk of the dark blue car poking out of the river Friday afternoon when they Feds speeding up removal of Moab uranium tailings - Jul 30, 2009 San Jose Mercury NewsThe US Department of Energy plans to double the amount of uranium tailings removed each day from the shores of the Colorado River. Right now, rail cars haul Colorado river running on empty by 2050 - Jul 28, 2009 guardian.co.ukIf climate change results in a 10 per cent reduction in the Colorado River's average stream flows, as some recent studies predict, the chances of fully DTSC gives update on cleanup near Topock - Aug 4, 2009 Parker PioneerThe station began operation in 1951 and is located 12 miles southeast of the City of Needles, Calif., and about a half-mile from the Colorado River. Minnesota teens found after nearly 2 days missing on Manitoba river - Aug 4, 2009 Winnipeg Free PressThe girls, aged 17, were on a wilderness canoe trip on the river -- known as the province's "Colorado River" due to its white-water conditions -- when they A slice of America: The Colorado Plateau -- Canyonlands/Needles - Aug 2, 2009 Examiner.comSome roads, when passable, go nearly to the Colorado River. More than 60 miles of backcountry trails await the really adventuresome. What happens in Vegas: little good - Aug 3, 2009 Chicago Sun-TimesSeeing the Hoover Dam bypass bridge is an added bonus on a visit to the Colorado River dam. You can't enter this most improbable of cities without being Peter Gleick: Whose Water Is It? Water Rights in the Age of Scarcity - Aug 4, 2009 Circle of Blue WaterNewsCalifornia, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah would have no right to any Colorado River water (except tiny flows that join the river lower down) because Wyoming guv blasts proposed Flaming Gorge water pipeline - Jul 28, 2009 Salt Lake TribuneAlthough the water would be pumped out of the river in Wyoming, it would come from Colorado's share of water under the Colorado River compacts. Aqua America subsidiary buys two water systems - Aug 4, 2009 MSN MoneyAqua America Inc. said Tuesday that its Texas subsidiary has acquired two water systems from the Lower Colorado River Authority for $330000. Colorado River Reservoirs Could Dry Out By 2057, Study Says - Jul 27, 2009 GREENandSAVEThe American Geophysical Union and the University of Colorado on July 20 released a study concluding that the reservoirs along the Colorado River could dry 9 alleged drug smugglers arrested near Colo River - Jul 15, 2009 San Jose Mercury NewsUS Border Patrol agents have arrested nine alleged drug smugglers from Mexico and seized more than $213000 worth of marijuana near the Colorado River. Brigham Young University Awarded Funds to Study Colorado River Basin - Jul 31, 2009 Targeted News Service (subscription)...it intends to award a non-competitive cooperative agreement to Brigham Young University to address water quality problems in the Colorado River Basin. CRIT police get grant - Aug 4, 2009 Parker PioneerThe Colorado River Indian Tribes Police Department received a $150624 Community Oriented Policing Services grant for one position. Drought could improve Texas fishing areas - Jul 29, 2009 Dallas Morning NewsThe Lower Colorado River Authority reports the average elevation for Lake Travis in July is 669 feet above mean sea level. The level Wednesday was 637 feet. LCRA prepares to impose restrictions as lake levels fall - Aug 3, 2009 KVUEWith no end to the drought in sight, the Lower Colorado River Authority is preparing to ask customers to impose mandatory water restrictions within the next Colorado River District hopes for help with endangered fish - Jul 24, 2009 Glenwood Springs Post IndependentGLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — A former engineer with the Colorado River District said this week that he believes there is plenty of water in the river to Body found in Colorado river is Hawaii man - Jul 20, 2009 KPUABy AP FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A body found in the Cache la Poudre (kash-luh-POO'-der) River north of Denver, Colo., has been identified as that of a Oil-thirsty lawmakers in Washington eye an increasingly endangered ... - Jul 26, 2009 RealVailJuly 26, 2009 — Maybe if the Colorado River flowed through Oklahoma –- a feat geographically challenged Colorado Republicans like Scott The tough life of the Verde trout - Aug 3, 2009 Camp Verde BugleSince the mid-1800s, the roundtail chub has been recognized as a separate species and once ranged throughout the Colorado River drainage from Wyoming's Feds hear "no" from Colorado on mercury dump site - Jul 31, 2009 Denver PostRitter outlined a series of concerns, including contamination of the Colorado River and its tributaries, in a letter Thursday to Energy Secretary Steven Chu NPS to Propose Boat Rule for Grand Canyon - Jul 10, 2009 New York TimesThe National Park Service is proposing the extension of rules for boating on the Colorado River through part of Grand Canyon Vollmann's ambitious 'Imperial' rises from a maddening mess - Aug 2, 2009 Buffalo NewsHowever, beginning in the late 19th century the region transformed itself into an agricultural Eden by damming and diverting the Colorado River, UNLV prof to Congress: Mining contaminates Colorado River - Jul 21, 2009 Las Vegas SunRestarting uranium mining near the Grand Canyon poses a contamination risk to the Colorado River, serving more than 25 million people in western states, Water crisis threatens county's future - Aug 4, 2009 San Bernardino SunOur local water providers are being asked to do more with less due to a snowpack water content decline, reductions from the Colorado River, limited access Make it an Epic Summer - Aug 4, 2009 Examiner.comOn the seven-day itinerary, you will go to places like Rocky Mountain National Park, do activities like raft down the Colorado River and talk a walking tour Vail Veterans Program summer retreat - Aug 4, 2009 Sacramento BeeGetty Images / John Moore US war wounded float down the Colorado River with a fishing guide on July 30, near McCoy, Colorado. Getty Images / John Moore Fly Lake Havasu boating crash injures four - Aug 3, 2009 San Bernardino SunA Nevada man crashed a power boat into the shore along the Colorado River near Lake Havasu on Friday, injuring himself and three Glawe's Outlook - Aug 4, 2009 Storm Lake Pilot TribuneWe rafted 12 miles down the Colorado River - with an experienced guide (thank goodness) encountering a few white rapids that brought splashes, Windy forecast prompts Vegas dust, fire advisories - 25 Mar 2009 San Jose Mercury NewsThe weather service says the watch area includes the Colorado River valley and southern Mohave County, Ariz., south of Interstate 40. Shell water rights opponents band together - 25 Mar 2009 Steamboat PilotOn March 2, however, Birch recused himself from the case because of his affiliation with the Upper Yampa Water Conservancy District and the Colorado River The Salton Sea Explained - 25 Mar 2009 KNX1070Throughout the Spanish period of California's history the area was referred to as the "Colorado Desert" after the Rio Colorado (Colorado River). Adventure Dating Runs Rapids in Colorado - 25 Mar 2009 EmailwireYou can take someone adventure dating, or try and meet other singles while on an adventure date activity, remembering that sometimes it takes a little Fishing report - 25 Mar 2009 Wilson County NewsCOLORADO RIVER (Above Lake Buchanan) Water clear. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows and silver slabs. Officials seek bypass for Parachute - 25 Mar 2009 Grand Junction Sentinel...side of the Colorado River, would give heavy drilling equipment a route around Parachute and preserve access for both communities, officials said. Is Texas running dry? - 25 Mar 2009 KVUE...lakes Travis and Buchanan -- is to store those inflows that are coming into the lakes system," said Mark Jordan, Lower Colorado River Authority. Oil or Water? - Mar 24, 2009 New WestThey have established conditional water associated with more than 200 separate proposed structures, such as reservoirs and pipelines in the Colorado River Water bill will get a close look at meeting - Mar 24, 2009 Kingman Daily MinerThe requirement's history dates back to 1922, when the Colorado River Compact granted Kingman an 18500 acre-feet allocation of river water. Girl recovered from Colorado River - Mar 2, 2009 KJCT8.comUPDATE: A body of a missing five year old girl was found in the Colorado river Monday evening. Danica Maestas was one of three people in a car that veered Shell official confirms thirsty nature of oil shale, denies push ... - Mar 23, 2009 The Colorado IndependentShe also said the state may have difficulties meeting its downriver delivery obligations to other states under the 1922 Colorado River Compact in a Rancher proposes water pipeline from Mo. to Colo. - Mar 22, 2009 The Durango HeraldHe suggested Western states look downstream on the Colorado River, where booming populations demand green lawns, swimming pools and golf courses. Conservancy district expects to hear this year whether proposal ... - Mar 24, 2009 ReporterHerald.com...of the opposition came from residents who live on the Western Slope and worry about water quality and the effect to the Colorado River in Grand County. Haggerty: Fighting for justice (and against weeds) on the Colorado - Mar 21, 2009 Grand Junction SentinelThe Lone Ranger of the Mighty Colorado River, Troy Schnurr, would have fit in well in the old American West. He would not have made it in the city. Christine Scanlan: Bark beetle awareness growing in Washington - Mar 24, 2009 Summit Daily NewsAnd one could only imagine the devastation to our communities and our agriculture if the Colorado River became overburdened with refuse from a fire. Gusts fuel fire that threatens mobile homes, burns junkyard building - Mar 22, 2009 Grand Junction Sentinel80 feet high at times Sunday night, scorching a 15-acre swath of an island in the Colorado River about a half-mile south of the Riverside neighborhood. Oil-shale plans create ripple - Mar 18, 2009 Denver PostBy Mark Jaffe Oil companies have amassed more than 250 water rights for oil-shale development, giving them a key share of the flow of the Colorado River and One man dead after truck drives into Colorado River - Mar 7, 2009 KJCT8.comBY SARA GOLDENBERG A man is dead after he rolled his pick-up truck into the Colorado River Saturday morning. The accident happened when many parts of the Register for Colorado River Ride in Vail Valley - Mar 10, 2009 Vail Daily NewsRegister online at www.active.com and search for Colorado River Ride. Registration is $90 through June 26. More information and a register by mail form is 32 Road bridge may not hold sewer pipe - Mar 23, 2009 Grand Junction SentinelBy LE ROY STANDISH/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel Plans for a pipe intended to carry wastewater across the Colorado River from Whitewater to Clifton Colorado snowpack holding steady - Mar 19, 2009 Summit Daily NewsSnowpack in the Colorado River Basin is the highest in the state, at 105 percent of average. But in other parts of the state, levels have dropped to 20 Scientists: Keep a close eye on beetle experiment - Mar 11, 2009 Salt Lake TribuneThey tried the technique along parts of the Colorado River. The results are scheduled to be published later this month in the scientific journal Remote Wildfire destroys vacant Grand Junction building - Mar 23, 2009 Examiner.com...(Map, News) - Authorities say a wildfire on an island in the Colorado River spread to the riverbank in Grand Junction, destroying a vacant building and Crisis On Tap: California's water reckoning - Mar 21, 2009 Press-EnterpriseThe two main conduits of that supply, the Delta and the Colorado River, rely on rain and snow to keep the water flowing. Since 2006, precipitation across Yampa River water plan hits wall of foes - Mar 8, 2009 Denver PostThe Colorado River Conservation District, which wants more detail on the impact of the proposed right on the state's obligation to interstate water compacts Oil, Water Are Volatile Mix in West - Mar 18, 2009 Wall Street JournalAssociated Press Colorado River water supports 30 million people and dozens of uses, including power generation, above, at the Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona. Shrinking Colorado River will intensify water wars - Mar 5, 2009 Salt Lake TribuneHere in Colorado, water managers have long assumed that the state has enough Colorado River water to accommodate future growth on both the Front Range and Today in Arizona History - Mar 22, 2009 KSWT-TVOn this date in 1876, the first Mormon settlers reached Sunset Crossing on the Little Colorado River, where they would establish four settlements. Colorado may face a dry and difficult future of fighting for water - Mar 19, 2009 Pique newsmagazineEditor's Note: The Colorado River is far from Whistler and British Columbia, fed by entirely different mountains and streams, but water is an issue Annual fishing restrictions back in effect on Colorado, Roaring Fork - Mar 17, 2009 Glenwood Springs Post IndependentColorado River: 50 yards upstream and downstream of the confluences with Grizzly Creek, No Name Creek and Canyon Creek, as well as a half-mile up those Twin City man, friend get grand view during canyon hike - Mar 22, 2009 Bloomington PantagraphSix million years is the time the Colorado River took to carve the Grand Canyon from rim to bottom about a mile below. Eight hours is the time Ray Smock, Hoping for a sizzling tourism season - Mar 19, 2009 Glenwood Springs Post IndependentBy John Gardner River raft guide Ryan Moyer helps the Saxson family of Oklahoma gear up for an early spring trip down the Colorado River Thursday afternoon. County: Not in our backyard - Mar 24, 2009 Electric Light & Power/ Utility Automation & Engineering T&D Magazine24--Kerr County commissioners have sent a message to Lower Colorado River Authority Transmission Services Corporation officials regarding possible routes Fish report, March 20 - Mar 20, 2009 Inland Valley Daily BulletinOn the Colorado River, a few big fish continue to come from the river below Willow Beach, and Lake Mohave is good on fish to eight pounds on anchovies. 'Earmarks' for southern Arizona go to... - Mar 18, 2009 Tucson CitizenTucson's streetcar plan will inch ahead, more Colorado River water will get to Indian crops and flood damage from 2006 will be repaired on the Mount Lemmon Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the ... - Mar 20, 2009 Trading Markets (press release)...the Green River Basin as part of the unused portion of water allocated to the States of Wyoming and Colorado under the Upper Colorado River Compact. Fish report, March 13 - Mar 13, 2009 San Bernardino SunTop bets this week include Diamond Valley, Otay, Casitas, Perris, and the lower Colorado River. In waters with trout plants, the big swimbait routine is Park People Recognize Sugar Land’s Park Development Along Brazos River - Mar 4, 2009 FortBendNowThe trail will be named for Justin P. Brindley, a local outdoor enthusiast who died last year while rafting on the Colorado River. Grand Junction, Ute Water officials see threat to water storage - Mar 21, 2009 Grand Junction SentinelTo do that and meet growing water needs, the state should tread carefully, the Colorado River Water Conservation District wrote to state and federal Grand Canyon historic river boats lecture in Flagstaff - Mar 8, 2009 Examiner.comThe National Park Service has a collection of 19 historic boats that are a significant part of the history of river running on the Colorado River through Water agency steps up search - Mar 16, 2009 San Diego Union TribuneSince 2007, Metropolitan's stockpiles have shrunk by nearly half, drained by a combination of drought, diversions to safeguard fish, cuts in Colorado River Dr. Haesemeyer found safe after cold night on river - Mar 23, 2009 Washburn County Register...“Last summer he canoed in the arctic, and he has rafted the Grand Canyon’s Colorado River. He has always made it back home on the day he planned. Spring prescribed burns planned north of Rifle, Colorado - Mar 19, 2009 Citizen TelegramThe Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit plans several prescribed burns this spring in Garfield, Mesa and Pitkin counties to reduce outdoor extremes Moab turns into mecca for spring fun - Mar 23, 2009 Denver PostMeanwhile, there's still plenty of space on the trails such as the 1 1/2-mile hike up to Corona Arch from the Colorado River along Utah 279 (aka the Potash Boulder City softball team starts off strong - Mar 18, 2009 Las Vegas SunBy Ray Brewer The Boulder City High softball team opened the season March 12 to 14 by going 3-2 at the 16-team Colorado River Invitational in Needles, Aspen snowpack remains 12 percent above average - Mar 21, 2009 Aspen TimesOfficials with the Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management center said at a recent public meeting that the weather cycle is about four or five Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk (IMAX) on Blu-ray Disc ... - Mar 3, 2009 Bigpicturebigsound.comCarved out over many years by the Colorado River, the gorge, located in the South-Western US state of Arizona, sprawls some 277 miles (446 km), Mid-Valley Pipeline Project 60% done - Mar 20, 2009 The Desert SunThe Coachella Valley Water District project will blend Colorado River water with recycled water from the district's Palm Desert Wastewater Reclamation Plant Candidates for Grand Junction City Council - Mar 20, 2009 Grand Junction SentinelShe approved industrial zoning along the Colorado River for Brady Trucking, saying the energy services company had done its part to clean up the riverfront Two Cents Worth: Reid called too "callous" to listen; how about ... - Mar 20, 2009 Reno Gazette JournalInterestingly enough, the Bloomberg article adds that Hoover Dam, built in 1935 to regulate the Colorado River and create Lake Mead, "wouldn't be able to [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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