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River District grants $550K more for reservoir project
A reservoir project in northwest Colorado has secured more funding from the Colorado River Water Conservation District, this time with the money earmarked for permitting required by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. At its April meeting, the River District board approved $550,000 of the $1.5 million requested by the...
Dinosaur named the cannabis capital of Colorado
This story was originally published by Kaiser Health News, or KHN, a national health policy news service. It is an editorially independent program of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation which is not affiliated with Kaiser Permanente. Subscribe to KHN's free Morning Briefing here. There isn’t much to this town...
As the Colorado River declines, some upstream look to use it before they lose it
RANGELY, Colo.—The fossil fuel industry once boomed here. Oil pump jacks dot the landscape around the community and serve as a reminder of the town’s origins. Prairie dogs race across the two-lane highway outside of town that is filled with thousands of Mormon crickets during the summer. But...
Tiny town of Dinosaur, Colorado, could be state's cannabis capital
Dinosaur, Colorado — There isn't much to this town a short drive from the national monument of the same name. A couple of gas stations, a liquor store and a small motel line the two main drags, Brontosaurus Boulevard and Stegosaurus Freeway. But this community of about 315 and its four marijuana dispensaries — one shop for every 79 residents — is a contender for the title of cannabis capital of Colorado.Dinosaur, nestled in the northwest corner of the state, is a five-minute drive to the Utah line and a couple of hours away from Wyoming, both states where recreational marijuana...
BLM begins rounding up 100+ wild horses
The Bureau of Land Management removed 31 wild horses from the West Douglas Herd Area in its first day of operations Friday.The agency plans to remove all of the 122 animals it found in the area during a recent count. It is the first removal of horses from West Douglas since August 2021 when BLM gathered more than 400 and transported them to holding pens at its facility in Cañon City. There, 144 died over the course of several months due to an outbreak of disease. BLM attributed the deaths to a lack of staffing which delayed vaccinations. RELATED Lack of staffing...
As the Colorado River declines, some upstream look to use it before they lose it
RANGELY, Colo.—The fossil fuel industry once boomed here. Oil pump jacks dot the landscape around the community and serve as a reminder of the town’s origins. Prairie dogs race across the two-lane highway outside of town that is filled with thousands of Mormon crickets during the summer. But...
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