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Aspen Journalism Scott Hummer, water commissioner for District 58 in the Yampa River basin, checks out a recently installed Parshall flume on an irrigation ditch in this August 2020 photo. Compliance with measuring device requirements has been moving more slowly than state engineers would like. Photo by Heather Sackett / Aspen Journalism ASPEN Colorado officials are preparing for a future with less water by developing rules and guidance for water users to measure how much they are taking from streams. Colorado Division of Water Resources Engineer Kevin Rein is planning a rule-making process on measurement devices that includes stakeholder input. Although state engineers in each water division have the authority to enforce the requirement of measurement devices, Rein said drafting more formal rules through an administrative rule-making process would affirm that authority. ....
Aspen Journalism Wildlife biologist Bill Vetter and Western Rivers Regional Program Manager with AudubonRockies Abby Burk look and listen for birds in the early morning hours in an irrigated pasture in Grand County. They are heading up a bird monitoring program that aims to learn how birds use irrigated agriculture. Photo by Heather Sackett / Aspen Journalism KREMMLING In the gray light of dawn, hundreds of swallows darted over a pool of standing water in an irrigated field along the Colorado River. The birds were attracted to the early-morning mosquitoes swarming the saturated landscape. Bill Vetter, a wildlife biologist with Wyoming-based Precision Wildlife Resources, methodically counted the birds. For six minutes, he marked down every bird he saw or heard at eight locations across the ranch, 250 meters apart. ....
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Listen • 7:59 News Series In the News Series category, KUNC was honored for a collaborative series that was reported and produced by KUNC reporter Luke Runyon, Aspen Journalism s Heather Sackett, KJZZ s Bret Jaspers and the Nevada Independent s Daniel Rothberg. Cash Flows: How Investors Are Banking On the West’s Water Scarcity, looked at how the tightening water supply has attracted the attention of a new actor in some water-stressed pockets of the West: the private investor. The broadcast stories were edited by Runyon and Larson. Jackie Hai designed and edited the online multimedia presentation. Cash Flows also received a first place award in the Top of the Rockies contest for best Multimedia Story and a third place for Enterprise Reporting. The regional contest includes journalists in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. It’s sponsored by the Colorado chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. ....