Category: Opinion/Letters

At the end of eight hours, Ms. Wilcox asked the Council members to choose their three top priorities from among the 55 possible goals posted around the room…

Back in 2009, PAWSD was collaborating closely with the San Juan Water Conservancy District on a plan to build a $357 million reservoir complex…

“Abatti’s lawsuit has caused an uproar in Imperial County, an agricultural area in California’s far southeastern corner that produces much of America’s winter vegetables….”

But the largest single user of Colorado River water — the Imperial Irrigation District —  is not playing nice…

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…

“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…”

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…

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….

“Colorado Flag Installation. We’ll create a Colorado Flag installation made of native flowers. Over time, it will dry up revealing a hidden message…”

‘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…

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…

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…

“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…”

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…

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…