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Heather Sackett Aspen Journalism

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Sep 10, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · By Heather Sackett Aspen Journalism

    Gunnison River anglers question feds’ plan to reduce Blue Mesa releases - News (opens the original)

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    As this year’s historic drought drags on, conflicts over how to share and manage water are bubbling over. Gunnison River anglers and boaters say federal water-management decisions are causing increased water temperatures, prompting fishing closures and creating serious economic impacts to outfitters and businesses. An Aug. 26 letter from Drew Peternell, Colorado state director of Trout Unlimited, to U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Area Manager Bart Deming, asks the federal agency to change its approa

  2. Article · Sep 7, 2026 · HEATHER SACKETT Aspen Journalism

    Gunnison River anglers question feds’ plan to reduce Blue Mesa releases (opens the original)

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    As this year’s historic drought drags on, conflicts over how to share and manage water are bubbling over. Gunnison River anglers and boaters say federal water-management decisions are causing increased water temperatures, prompting fishing closures and creating serious economic impacts to outfitters and businesses. An Aug. 26 letter from Drew Peternell, Colorado state director of Trout Unlimited, to U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Area Manager Bart Deming, asks the federal agency to change its appr

  3. Article · Aug 30, 2026 · HEATHER SACKETT Aspen Journalism

    River District concerned legal tools for conservation program could favor some regions over others (opens the original)

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    Western Slope water managers are raising concerns that the legal tools used under Colorado’s new conservation program could cause negative impacts to local communities and the state’s agricultural industry. In a letter to the state water board, the Glenwood Springs-based Colorado River Water Conservation District said it is concerned that the legal mechanisms state officials plan to use to move conserved water into downstream reservoirs may mean certain geographic areas are more likely to gi

  4. Article · Jul 27, 2026 · HEATHER SACKETT Aspen Journalism

    With fields already fallow, Uncompahgre Valley growers adapt to a drier future (opens the original)

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    Fourth-generation Olathe farmer Randy Friend stopped his pickup truck next to a row of corn whose green leaves were limp and curling, with a gray tinge. Friend’s corn was stressed as the valley endured a July heat wave with temperatures nudging close to 100 degrees. “I hate to see it looking like that with our water situation,” Friend said. Next was a field of onions, a thirsty crop with a long growing season. The furrows between the dark-green sprouts were still damp, an indication the fi

  5. Article · Jul 20, 2026 · HEATHER SACKETT Aspen Journalism

    Colorado water officials announce creation of state-run conservation program (opens the original)

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    In the culmination of a process that has been years in the making, Colorado officials Wednesday announced the creation of a state-run water conservation program. In what officials are calling a “near-term contribution program,” the Upper Basin states (Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming) will pay water users to voluntarily cut back in 2027 and 2028, using $100 million in promised funding from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Colorado will now join Utah and Wyoming in setting up a conservat

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