Back in 2009, PAWSD was collaborating closely with the San Juan Water Conservancy District on a plan to build a $357 million reservoir complex…
EDITORIAL: Believe It or Not, Colorado Will Soon Become a Waterless Desert… Part Ten
Those water rights have made a few farmers and ranchers extremely wealthy, but in many cases, farming and ranching in America has created conditions of poverty…
Colorado’s Full-day Kindergarten Facing $40 million Funding Shortfall?
Governor Polis had lobbied heavily for the funding during his first 100 days in office, visiting elementary schools around the state to speak about the proposal…
EDITORIAL: Believe It or Not, Colorado Will Soon Become a Waterless Desert… Part Nine
“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….”
EDITORIAL: Believe It or Not, Colorado Will Soon Become a Waterless Desert… Part Eight
But the largest single user of Colorado River water — the Imperial Irrigation District — is not playing nice…
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…
FICTION: The Flatlanders in Pagosa
Earnest had told ghost stories while the girls roasted marshmallows over an open fire. They all remember that magnificent Pagosa moon rising over Square Top…
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…
A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW: Crosses and Thought Control
“In Flanders fields the poppies grow, amid the crosses row on row”. On June 21, the US Supreme Court quoted from John McCrae’s sobering 1915 READ MORE
DEVIL MOUNTAIN CHRONICLES: Send In the Clowns
The strange noise was still reverberating in my head. It had abruptly awakened me from a deep, dreamless sleep…
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…”