In 1958, when Dick Bratton began working as a lawyer, the Gunnison River Basin and many other parts of the West were on the cusp of a giant transformation in water. He bridged the past and future nicely.
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Remembering Patrick O’Toole
I knew him in college, but what he did beyond amazes me even now. A product of Florida, he became a successful and thoughtful rancher on the Colorado-Wyoming border.
Another long straw in Colorado?
Lower Arkansas Valley growers organize protests against Colorado Springs growth plans, water transfers
An eddy in the Colorado River
Colorado and other upper-basin states insist lower-basin states bear the burden of trimming use. But even some in Colorado think this position fails to acknowledge the warming and drying climate.
A Republican River Basin milestone
10,000 acres in the basin have now been retired from irrigation. But Colorado must remove 15,000 more acres before 2030.
Women and other changes in water
Women in water? Younger people with voices? Doug Kemper has seen those and other changes during his 40 years in Colorado water
Water and Colorado’s energy transition
Will there be a water bonus as we close coal plants? In the short term, yes. It’s harder to say in the long term. Here’s why.
Water augmentation rights will give Moffat County help on Yampa
Tri-State agreement includes provision for water rights valued by Moffat County at $2-3 million
Mystery of the Disappearing Snowpack
Why the gap between deep winter snows and low summer flows? A 21st century hydrologic whodunnit
A big decision about hydropower on tribal lands
In a FERC ruling regarding a project on Navajo lands in Arizona, Native American voices are finally factoring into energy projects
