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Water Managers: For-profit investors should stay out of our water Durango, Colorado Currently Mon 23% chance of precipitation 23% chance of precipitation 37% chance of precipitation 69% chance of precipitation Friday, Feb. 5, 2021 2:18 PM Toggle font size Escuchar en Español: Loading the Español audio player... We may not always agree on the particulars of water policy and water use in the Centennial State, but we all recognize the importance o...

Aspen Journalism A herd of bighorn sheep graze along the Crystal River near Penny Hot Springs on Tuesday. Local groups are restarting a push for a federal Wild & Scenic designation on the upper portion of the river. Heather Sackett/Aspen Journalism REDSTONE — After a four-year hiatus, residents of the Crystal River valley are reviving efforts to protect the upper portion of the river through a federal designation. The Crystal River Caucus, Pitkin County, the Crystal Valley Environmental Prote...

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James Eklund remembers having to work to get the Colorado River District’s trust before, when he was director of the Colorado Water Conservation Board and was seeking support for a state water plan. He said when talks began on the plan it was “dead on arrival” among representatives of the Western Slope district. “People were saying it’s the wolf in sheep’s clothing. It’s going to be an excuse for more transmountain diversions” of water to the Front Range,...

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Posted Friday, January 29, 2021 Jan 29, 2021   |   By Outside Contributor &nbsp | &nbspAdd CommentAdd Grand Valley water rights, the largest and oldest on the river, allow people, communities, agriculture, industry and prosperity in Western Colorado It’s not every day that a photo of the Grand Valley Canal makes the New York Times. Many Grand Junction residents may have missed this momentous occasion, right after New Year’s. But there it was, right in the middle...

Dale Alward out as CEO of Sovah Health’s Martinsville campus Hospital’s COO will serve as interim CEO Published:  Tags:  The top man at Sovah Health in Martinsville is out. The health system confirmed to 10 News that Dale Alward is no longer the CEO at the Martinsville campus. He was named CEO of the hospital in 2019. Tory Shepherd, the hospital’s COO, will now serve as interim CEO. Tory Shepherd (Sovah Health) “We will inform our community when a permanent leader has been identified,...

Centra CEO Dr. Andy Mueller leaving to lead a Maine health care system Mueller joined Centra in May 2019 Published:  Updated:  Tags:  LYNCHBURG, Va. – Centra’s current leader is leaving to pursue a new opportunity. On Tuesday, Centra President and CEO Dr. Andy Mueller submitted his resignation to the Centra Board of Directors. He’s leaving Centra to become the CEO for MaineHealth, based in Portland, Maine. He’ll start in that position later this spring, according to Centra. “Dr. Mu...

Why is the New York Times writing about Colorado water? Because Wall Street investors plan to get rich by rerouting it. It’s not every day that a photo of the Grand Valley Canal makes the New York Times. Many Grand Junction residents may have missed this momentous occasion, right after New Year’s. But there it was, right in the middle of a multi-page article, about Arizona water and the involvement of private investors from New York. The picture was incorrectly labeled as the “Grand Valle...

Yves here. In parts of the West, water rights have long been hotly contested. Potable water is the natural resource that is projected to come into serious shortage first. That makes management of resources like the Colorado River of critical importance, yet the bodies responsible for its stewardship are late to come to grips with the impact of perma-droughts By Jan Ellen Spiegel. Originally published at Yale Climate Connections Colorado is no stranger to drought. The current one is closing in o...