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Community Agriculture Alliance: Keeping the Yampa Local

Community Agriculture Alliance: Keeping the Yampa Local

by | Oct 30, 2016 | ,

The American West has been defined by water, and as our population grows, the dialog will be more accurately defined by its limits. History illustrates access to water shaped the western states, and as more arid cities continue with significant growth, coupled with periods of drought and climate change, the western states of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado are positioning for a water battle. Community Agriculture Alliance This...

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Community Agriculture Alliance: Planning for ‘wet water’

by | Mar 21, 2014 |

The Yampa-White-Green Roundtable met last week in Craig to further discuss Northwest Colorado?s Basin Implementation Plan that in July will be sent to the Colorado Water Conservation Board to be implemented into the 2015 Colorado State Water Plan. The roundtable consists of 25 board members from across the three drainage region, and the BIP plan will focus on consumptive needs, non-consumptive needs, how to plan and protect future demands, and potential water...

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Community Agriculture Alliance: Water is for fighting

by | Mar 21, 2014 |

"Whiskey is for drinking. Water is for fighting.? You've heard the proverbial quote before, and you will hear it louder and more often in the Yampa River basin. Western water law, state water compacts, water policy and the implications of this public resource will continue to be extremely complex and highly charged into the future. Western water ?grabbing? wars began in the mid-1800s. Periods of truce can last for decades, but every so often, the combatants take...

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2014 Winter: Colorado’s Snowpack Levels

2014 Winter: Colorado’s Snowpack Levels

by | Feb 28, 2014 |

Northwest Colorado woke up this morning to additional new snow in the high country. There?s a long way to go before the irrigation season but if the cool temperatures and snow events continue, the summer agriculture season for hay production and livestock grazing should be in great shape. The Yampa and White River basins snow levels are 122% of median and fairing much better compared to same time last year at 78% of median. The City of Steamboat Springs is already...

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