Allen Best
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BIG PIVOTS: Government Highline Canal, Running Dry? – Pagosa Daily Post News Events & Video for Pagosa Springs Colorado (opens the original)
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Photo: The Government Highline Canal during a normal year, courtesy of Wikipedia. This story by Allen Best appeared on BigPivots.com on September 3, 2026. The Government Highline Canal has delivered water to farms in Colorado’s Grand Valley during irrigation season for more than 110 years. Thursday, September 3 was a first in that long history. No water was available in that canal to farmers, even though the growing season has not ended. “This will be the first time since around 1914 the Governm
Colorado Sets a New Record for Renewable Energy – Pagosa Daily Post News Events & Video for Pagosa Springs Colorado (opens the original)
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Renewables as a percentage of Colorado’s total electricity supply grew during the second quarter of 2026. In the first three months, wind, solar, and hydro were responsible for a bit more than 53% of Colorado’s total electricity. It was the first time that renewables constituted a majority. In the second quarter, April through June, renewables were responsible for 56.1%, according to the Energy Information Administration posting on Wednesday morning. That is an all-time one-quarter high. January
Lawn Watering Ends in Denver on October 1 – Pagosa Daily Post News Events & Video for Pagosa Springs Colorado (opens the original)
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With historically high temperatures, low streamflows and reservoir storage far below normal, Denver Water has decided that its 1.5 million customers in metropolitan Denver must end lawn watering on October 1. Hand-watering of gardens and trees will still be allowed. Until then, the mandatory restrictions in place since April will remain in place: morning and evening hours two days a week. “The drought afflicting the Denver region and its water supply system has only worsened over the course of t
BIG PIVOTS: Rare Optimism About the Colorado River? – Pagosa Daily Post News Events & Video for Pagosa Springs Colorado (opens the original)
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Brad Udall is known far and wide as a prophet of doom about the Colorado River. So why the optimism provoked by last week’s federal marching orders? “I think we can solve this. I really do,” Udall said in a lecture delivered in Boulder on August 21. Earlier that same day, the Department of Interior had issued its record of decision about how it would manage the key dams and hence the river during the two water years beginning in October. This came after Colorado and the six other Colorado River
BIG PIVOTS: Colorado Land Board Seeking Proposals for Geothermal Development – Pagosa Daily Post News Events & Video for Pagosa Springs Colorado (opens the original)
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This story by Allen Best appeared on BigPivots.com on July 31, 2026. The State Land Board manages 3 million acres of land across Colorado with the principal goal being to generate revenue for public schools. The question before the agency is whether geothermal resources could create revenue while furthering Colorado’s decarbonization goals. Last year the Land Board issued a request for information. Eleven companies responded with interest in potentially 50,000 acres in various parts of Colorado.
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