Colorado River overallocation collides with Colorado snowpack conditions

Tapped: Colorado’s Front Range is at the center of one of the American West’s most complex and consequential water challenges ...
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Colorado's declining snowpack drives extreme fire threat across the state

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — Nearly 98% of Colorado is experiencing moderate or worse drought conditions, leading to intense fire threats and the potential for the earliest full snowpack melt on ...
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Colorado opens mountain passes early after low snowpack

This year's low snowpack is not all bad news: Colorado's mountain passes are opening earlier than ever. Why it matters: Not ...
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As Colorado faces historically bad snowpack, a new study links low snow with more severe wildfires that damage forests

A new study out of Western Colorado University has implications for the wildfire season ahead as nearly the entire West faces record-low snowpack conditions. The paper, published last month in the ...
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It’s official: This is Colorado’s worst snowpack year on record, as some mountain areas start April snowless for first time ever

Large swathes of the Colorado Rocky Mountains that are usually covered in snow this time of year started out the month barren, leading climate experts say the state is officially facing its worst ...