- Water is a hot commodity in the West, especially for developers. So what happens if a city doesn’t have ENOUGH water… for thousands of new homes? That’s the situation for the city of Fountain — which is talking openly about the struggles of keeping up growth, in a dry state.
- Colorado Springs' housing boom is expanding into nearby cities, like Fountain. But new homes require water — and there are currently fewer than 9,000 taps to Fountain’s water supply.
- When it comes to drought, it's a tale of two Colorados.
- On Wednesday, the EPA moved to include Weld County in a map of Colorado’s nine counties that are in serious violation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s air quality standards for ozone.
- The burn areas around Glenwood Canyon, Estes Park and Grand Lake from 2020 wildfires are now highly susceptible to flash flooding.
- Climate change is disrupting a delicate system, with less snowpack accumulation overall due to warmer temperatures. What does collect melts sooner and faster, which means less snow on the ground and a greater chance for wildfires.
- Other parts of the state haven’t been so lucky.
- “Our ultimate goal is to create a renewable food economy.”
- Nearly a third of Colorado is under "extreme" or "exceptional" drought conditions as farmers prepare to plant their crops.
- This is how the technology works, and why some environmental groups are skeptical of it.
- The growing Front Range cities, biodiverse wetlands and the Colorado River are all factors at play.
- Walmart has tried to or already introduced the "reusable" plastic bags in other Colorado mountain towns that want to reduce plastic waste.
- Not all heroes wear capes — but some do wear little black masks.
- For the last few years, hunters have been required to test some mule deer for the disease. Now that the state has a good sense of infection levels in the deer population, the agency wants to do the same for elk.
- This cave isn't like Garden of the Gods or Hanging Lake, which are both National Natural Landmarks.
