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Where does the Colorado River start? Mapping the stream from the headwaters to the basins.
The Colorado River begins at La Poudre Pass Lake in the Rocky Mountain National Park in northern Colorado. The headwaters flow out to Grand Lake and Lake Granby before heading south, according to ...
The Denver Post3mon
Colorado snowpack, after a dry January, is near normal in north — and dismal in some places
A map from the U.S. Department of ... 92% of normal on the upper stretches of the mainstem of the Colorado River — from its headwaters near Grand Lake through Grand Junction.
The Denver Post1mon
In the headwaters of the Colorado River, a rare trout species is making a comeback
The cutthroats found in these high-mountain, remote creeks are considered to be the highest-value, most genetically pure native cutthroat populations in the headwaters of the Colorado River ... the ...
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On the Ground: A nonprofit spotlight on the Middle Colorado Watershed Council
In these times when water rights can be very politicized, reporter Regan Mertz sat down with Kate Collins, Executive Director ...
Outside1y
I Photographed Every Mile of the Colorado River. Here’s What I Learned.
I’m sure about my location ... the Colorado River watershed, focusing mostly on the upper basin, seeking images that caught the eye and documented drought, drying, and change. In the headwaters ...
Post Independent Citizen Telegram1mon
North/south split for Western Slope snowpack and streamflow forecasts
It was a tale of two winters for the mountains containing the Colorado River’s headwaters, with the northern ranges seeing an above-average snowpack peak, while the southern half of the state lagged ...
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Colorado snowpack, after a dry January, is near normal in north — and dismal in some places
Snowpack across Colorado ranges from close to normal levels near the Colorado River headwaters, outside Grand Lake, to troublingly low along the state’s southern border. The pattern of snow ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel1mon
North/south split for Western Slope snowpack and streamflow forecasts
It was a tale of two winters for the mountains containing the Colorado River’s headwaters, with the northern ranges seeing an above-average snowpack peak, while the southern half of the state ...