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Falling for Horseshoe Bay  -  27 Sep 2008
Austin American-Statesman,The resort is on the southern shore of Lake LBJ — part of the Colorado River's chain of six Highland Lakes — and it's also dotted with created water

Posted By CHRISTINE CATT, FOR THE SUDBURY STAR  -  27 Sep 2008
Sudbury Star,Louise Lacroix is on a river rafting trip along the Colorado River with her daughter, Danica Lacroix Joanis. Louise is celebrating a birthday and using the

1 man's goal: 50 jobs, 50 weeks, 50 states  -  27 Sep 2008
Minneapolis Star Tribune,That has included drawing water samples from the Colorado River, preparing hygiene kits for hurricane victims while working for the Church of Latter Day

Water levels to drop on Fryingpan  -  27 Sep 2008
Glenwood Springs Post Independent,...wants to preserve its contracted water in Ruedi for a longer period this fall to benefit endangered fish on the Colorado River near the Grand Valley.

McCain's call for western water solutions  -  27 Sep 2008
Leadville Chronicle,Changes to interstate agreements, such as the 1922 Colorado River Compact, would not be required. Modeling could also confirm that 20 percent renewable

NatureFest in Bastrop on Saturday  -  27 Sep 2008
Austin American-Statesman,Proceeds benefit Environmental Stewardship, a nonprofit that promotes conservation projects and paddling trails along the Colorado River.

Conservation and compromise  -  27 Sep 2008
Aspen Times,One of those was support of the Central Arizona Project, a federally funded diversion of water from the Colorado River to support the growth of Tucson.

Hand-crafted hooch, Aspen-style  -  27 Sep 2008
Aspen Times,..."I sell wine wherever there are hot springs,� Doyle says, explaining that he travels the region traversed by the Arkansas, Green and Colorado river valleys

2008 DRIP campaign comes to a close  -  27 Sep 2008
Grand Junction Sentinel,...just the water customers of the Grand Valley, but also everyone dependent on the Colorado River Basin for domestic and agricultural water consumption.

OC prepares for possible water cutbacks  -  27 Sep 2008
OCRegister,About half of the county's water comes from either the Colorado River or from a network of reservoirs and rivers near the San Franciso Bay.

Eagle Co. candidates discuss where to develop  -  27 Sep 2008
Vail Daily News,In coming years, there will be pressure to grow up some of the major drainages — Colorado River, Muddy Creek out of Wolcott along Highway 131,

Water issues converge in Marble Falls  -  27 Sep 2008
Burnet Bulletin,...the Lower Colorado Regional Planning Group (Region K), the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).

Rim officials strike deal on water pipeline  -  27 Sep 2008
Payson Roundup,...water for the Tonto Apache Tribe in the event the tribe works out a water swap for its entitlement to 128 acre feet of water from the Colorado River.

Sewage treatment plant praised  -  Sep 26, 2008
San Diego Union Tribune,The city's 1.4 million residents look to piped-in water from the Colorado River to meet more than 90 percent of their water needs, and the state has been

After River Pact's Backfire, McCain Counters Obama on Water  -  Sep 25, 2008
Popular Mechanics,After McCain's call to renegotiate the Colorado River Compact provoked a backlash from some Colorado residents, he stood down.

Windy Gap Firming Project: Time to get involved  -  Sep 25, 2008
Sky Hi Daily News,The Windy Gap Project intends to divert another 30000 acre feet from the Upper Colorado River. With 60% of this river already being diverted, this project

White River Canal Water Exchange Event  -  Sep 24, 2008
indy.com,Watahomigie will exchange a gallon of Colorado River water with a gallon of White River water to demonstrate both rivers are connected and require

In arid West, a foreign legion of beetles takes on a thirsty invader  -  Sep 23, 2008
Christian Science Monitor,By some estimates, the slender-branched shrub uses up more of the Colorado River than the residents of Las Vegas and southern Nevada.

Weekly water roundup: Colorado River District, Drought, Salmonella ...  -  Sep 21, 2008
Examiner.comThe Colorado River District held their annual water seminar last Friday. Over 200 people attended including several members of the Front Range Water Council

Water Rationing Grows Increasingly Likely  -  Sep 26, 2008
Voice of San Diego,Metropolitan's two key supplies -- the Colorado River and snow melt from the Sierra Nevada -- are both providing a fraction of the water they did in their

Crucial Grand Canyon sandbars have rapidly eroded  -  Sep 10, 2008
The Associated PressThe accelerated erosion is the result of a requirement to release extra water from Lake Powell above the dam into the Colorado River, said John Hammill,

Let The River Run  -  Sep 23, 2008
KYMA,Between the Ocean to Ocean Bridge and 4th Avenue, along the Colorado River, scattered pieces of trash put a damper on an otherwise gorgeous area.

Feds: Whitewater park still possible; Palisade officials say time ...  -  Sep 24, 2008
Grand Junction Sentinel,...needs an opinion from the service that its proposed whitewater park wouldn’t affect the endangered fish species of the Colorado River.

Drive to the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon  -  Sep 18, 2008
AZ Central.com,18, 2008 02:21 PM Even longtime Arizona residents are surprised to learn that you can drive all the way down to the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon.

Alder: A new set of negotiations need for The Colorado River Compact  -  Aug 29, 2008
Salt Lake Tribune,24 editorial, "Law of the river: Don't dis the Colorado River Compact," The Salt Lake Tribune suggested that Sen. John McCain's proposal that the 1922

Settlement Repeals Uranium Exploration Near Grand Canyon, Requires ...  -  Sep 26, 2008
Center for Biological Diversity (press release),Concerns about uranium development causing surface- and ground-water contamination of Grand Canyon National Park and the Colorado River have been expressed

On the water this week  -  Sep 25, 2008
San Antonio Express,COLORADO RIVER: (At Colorado Bend State Park) Water clear. Black bass fair on minnows. Striped bass slow. White bass slow. Crappie fair on minnows.

Grand Valley Magazine hits Shelves  -  Sep 25, 2008
KREX News Channel 5,...be a new issue each month, and will include features such as GV Wheels, Outdoors, Living, Colorado Day Trips and Up or Downstream on the Colorado River.

Outdoor events  -  Sep 25, 2008
Glenwood Springs Post Independent,The RFOV will continue the effort to remove the non-native and invasive Tamarisk plants from the banks of the Colorado River on the Town of Silt’s island in

Water managers told to tread lightly with Colo. River supplies  -  Sep 19, 2008
Rocky Mountain News,By Jerd Smith, Rocky Mountain News As the Colorado River struggles to supply growing populations here and elsewhere, water utilities should plan to take

Farmers - reap what you don't sow  -  Sep 24, 2008
New Zealand Herald,Binney, who worked as a water manager for a city in the Denver area, helped start the "temporary fallow" scheme in the western US' Colorado River basin

Special needs children to float down Colorado River on cruise  -  Sep 16, 2008
Yuma Sun,BY PAM M. SMITH, SUN STAFF WRITER The Yuma Valley Rod and Gun Club will be taking special needs children on a cruise down the Colorado River from Fisher's

State's freakiest creatures: Whale and flying dragon  -  Sep 22, 2008
Arizona Republic,Presumably, the whale traveled up the Colorado River from the Gulf of California during a big flood. It took a right at the Gila River and found its way to

Mountain mayors’ views on oil shale.  -  Sep 24, 2008
Denver Post,...have enormous consequences for the environment and economy of the three states, as well as affecting water supplies throughout the Colorado River basin.

Weekly water roundup: Oil shale, Udall and Schaffer, geothermal ...  -  Sep 7, 2008
Examiner.comGrand County purchased around 50000 acre feet of water earlier in the year in order to provide increased autumn streamflow in the Upper Colorado River below

Colorado in a State of Denial: Pond Scum Smarter than Humans  -  Sep 22, 2008
Denver Post,Today, citizens downstream of the Colorado River devour 13.5 million acre feet of the river. Bob Raynolds of NOAA said, “We’re going to have to adapt our

Arizona rising  -  Sep 20, 2008
Calgary Herald,Arizona's West Coast, about a two-hour drive northwest of Phoenix, is where you'll find wet and wild adventures on the Colorado River, which snakes along

Holiday to another world  -  Sep 21, 2008
Canada.com,The Colorado River is a prolific artist. But her most famous work, the Grand Canyon, overshadows her myriad, extraordinary creations.

Oil shale water woes  -  Sep 21, 2008
Steamboat Pilot,Bottom line: The nation’s hunger for more oil someday could swallow all of Colorado’s remaining undeveloped water under the Colorado River Compact of 1922.

Tucson must stay vigilant on sustainability  -  Sep 24, 2008
Arizona Daily Star,Our community scored badly because SustainLane found the city is too far from its principal long-term water source, the Colorado River, has not been as

Fly-fishing’s best do battle  -  Sep 22, 2008
Glenwood Springs Post Independent,...anglers who hail from throughout the United States, Europe and Asia from casting their lines along a two-mile stretch of the Colorado River located.

Agency seeks input on Colorado River watershed at public meeting ...  -  Sep 11, 2008
Glenwood Springs Post Independent,The input session for the Colorado River watershed is being held from 10 am to noon Sept. 24, at the Rifle Fire Protection District located at 1850 Railroad

Atkinson Toyota Fishing Report  -  Sep 25, 2008
Bryan College Station Eagle,COLORADO RIVER: (At Colorado Bend State Park) Water clear. Black bass are fair on minnows. Striped bass are slow. White bass are slow.

Arizona Strip holds varied beauty and offerings  -  Sep 18, 2008
Arizona Republic,19, 2008 12:00 AM The Arizona Strip, which lies north of the Colorado River and south of the Utah state line, contains or borders on an amazing number of

Down by the river in Laughlin  -  Sep 13, 2008
Pasadena Star-News,The Colorado River - the No. 1 attraction away from the casinos - works on two levels, says Meg McDaniel of the Laughlin Visitors Bureau.

Partnership works to preserve the Colorado River corridor  -  Aug 30, 2008
Austin 360 (subscription),By Pamela LeBlanc WEBBERVILLE — A great blue heron flaps overhead as we slide our kayaks and canoes into the Colorado River. We'll ride this cool green

Passing Poston  -  Sep 22, 2008
MyFOX Providence WNAC,Back in the Colorado River Indian Reservation, where Poston was built. It is a journey Ruth takes to find meaning in the inexplicable as she searches to

ADEQ, Cocopah team up to fight river trash  -  Sep 16, 2008
Yuma Sun,SUN STAFF WRITER The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality is combining with the Cocopah Tribe to provide a boost to the Colorado River system.

A state park risks more access  -  Sep 20, 2008
Austin 360 (subscription),Once a popular fishing camp, the park is situated on a crinkle in the Colorado River about 30 miles from Lampasas. In the spring, it's popular with anglers

ADEQ, Cocopahs clean up Colorado  -  Sep 20, 2008
Yuma Sun,...with the Cocopah Indian Tribe and the Yuma County Juvenile Justice Center to collect 50 tons of waste on 60 reservation acres along the Colorado River.

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