Colorado River crisis

By Quentin Young | editor

By Chase Woodruff

Elected officials from across Colorado’s political spectrum continued a 68-year-old tradition last week when they took to the stage at the annual summer conference of the Colorado Water Congress in Steamboat Springs. The Water Congress brings together experts, policymakers, agricultural producers and other interest groups to negotiate and strategize in a state where water has always been a scarce and carefully managed resource. Notably absent, however, from the event’s three days of speeches on water policy was the predominant reason why the situation on the Colorado River is bad and getting worse: human-caused climate change.

By Shauneen Miranda

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a procedural victory to President Donald Trump on an executive order to curb mail-in voting, but the administration is still fighting a separate ruling that limits a portion of the order and remains in effect — complicating the administration’s temporary win.

By David Lien

Colorado’s public lands encompass four national parks and nine national monuments, including the 210,844-acre Dinosaur National Monument in Moffatt County, home to some of the most stunning canyons on the continent, including the jaw-dropping Lodore Canyon and Echo Park. Unfortunately, threats to public lands have increased significantly during recent years, writes David Lien in a commentary. From proposed sell-offs to rapidly accelerated oil and gas leasing with limited opportunity for public input to growing year-round recreation, our shared estate is experiencing unprecedented pressures.

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