But the largest single user of Colorado River water — the Imperial Irrigation District — is not playing nice…
Author: Bill Hudson
Bill Hudson began sharing his opinions in the Pagosa Daily Post in 2004 and can't seem to break the habit. He claims that, in Pagosa Springs, opinions are like pickup trucks: everybody has one.
EDITORIAL: Believe It or Not, Colorado Will Soon Become a Waterless Desert… Part Seven
No doubt that Colorado’s key rivers seemed like a limitless supply in the 1860s, when ranchers and farmers began applying for water rights to irrigate their crops and pasturelands…
EDITORIAL: Believe It or Not, Colorado Will Soon Become a Waterless Desert… Part Six
“What the plan doesn’t say – what nobody will say out loud – is that some of the conservation burden is going to have to fall on agriculture…”
EDITORIAL: Believe It or Not, Colorado Will Soon Become a Waterless Desert… Part Five
The US Department of Agriculture counted 372 farms and ranches in Archuleta County in 2012, generating about $14.2 million worth of livestock sales, and about $1.3 million in crop sales…
EDITORIAL: Believe It or Not, Colorado Will Soon Become a Waterless Desert… Part Four
By 1920 most of Colorado’s new settlement was over. Fittingly, this year also marks the tipping point of urban migration — since 1920, more Americans have lived in cities and suburbs than in the country….
Pagosa Peak Open School & Town Government Receive $600,000 DOLA Grant Award
“We’re excited about the potential for a multi-generational environment that might include everyone from Preschool to seniors. And I see a lot of potential, in the space that we will have…”
EDITORIAL: Believe It or Not, Colorado Will Soon Become a Waterless Desert… Part Three
Throwing money at the problem of “water supply” might not be the best solution for Colorado, in spite of what the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Denver Water, the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association, and the Walton Family Foundation would have you believe…
EDITORIAL: Believe It or Not, Colorado Will Soon Become a Waterless Desert… Part Two
“Colorado Flag Installation. We’ll create a Colorado Flag installation made of native flowers. Over time, it will dry up revealing a hidden message…”
EDITORIAL: Believe It or Not, Colorado Will Soon Become a Waterless Desert… Part One
‘For the Love of Colorado’ is calling it an “awareness campaign,” but what the organization really wants is to convince state residents to pay more for water management and infrastructure all across the state. A lot more…
EDITORIAL: Private Roads, Part Three
This past year, CDOT attempted to maintain, repair and plow over 23,000 total lane miles of highway across the state of Colorado, with an annual budget of about $900 million…
EDITORIAL: Private Roads, Part Two
The lawsuit approved at the conclusion of the June 18 BOCC meeting concerns a different road. Bristlecone Drive, now sporting a “Private Road – No Trespassing” sign…
EDITORIAL: Private Roads, Part One
“The only part in controversy right now is the 1,400 feet. And that’s what the intent of the motion was to address… because the rest of Bristlecone… has been dedicated to the public…”
EDITORIAL: Natural Disasters, Short Term and Long Term… Part Three
Remodeling is not necessarily cheap. But when the initial estimates came back from the architects, it looked like the “Parelli Option” would have cost the taxpayers about $16 million…
EDITORIAL: Natural Disasters, Short Term and Long Term… Part Two
Referring to themselves as ‘Resilient Archuleta’, they’ve organized a couple of public meetings to discuss ways in which Archuleta County could be better prepared for natural and economic disasters…
EDITORIAL: Natural Disasters, Short Term and Long Term… Part One
It appears there will be plenty of mud to clean up along the River Walk, once the water drops. (And it will drop, eventually.) And in the meantime, the boaters will have a great time…
EDITORIAL: Government v. Noise, Part Four
We will never know who was pushing this “Emergency Ordinance” because all of the Council debate took place behind closed doors, in executive sessions…
EDITORIAL: Government v. Noise, Part Three
Decibel meters measure sound pressure levels. A decibel meter doesn’t care of the sound pressure is coming from a lawnmower, or an electric guitar, or a coffee grinder, or a crying baby…
EDITORIAL: Government v. Noise, Part Two
Pagosa rock bands have entertained people in Town Park, at the Pagosa Springs Center for the Arts, on Lewis Street under a tent, at the County Fair, on the putting green at the Pagosa Golf Club, and on the football field at Pagosa Springs High School…
EDITORIAL: Government v. Noise, Part One
We can certainly understand the good intentions behind the Noise Control Act of 1972. Recent advancements in transportation technology had come with a high price, when measured in ‘decibels…’