Drought - The Journal

Climate impacts on Mesa Verde already apparent

Hotter, drier years alter landscape of Mesa Verde National Park

DATE: Sep 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Monsoonal rains blocked in Southwest Colorado

Region again is unusually dry

DATE: Aug 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ranchers face one-two punch from drought, hard winter

Drought, snowfall and high corn prices hit ranchers

DATE: Jun 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado’s drought is not over, experts say

Conditions improve in 2019, but reports neglect long-term trends

DATE: May 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado River basin states cobble together water agreement

Deal forestalls federal government intervention

DATE: Apr 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

How much snowpack will make it to reservoirs?

Water managers fear parched soil will soak up significant amount of moisture

DATE: Feb 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

Annual count finds fewer birds, but reasons why still up in the air

Drought, 416 Fire looked at as possible explanations

DATE: Jan 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

2018: Year of drought, wildfires, political change

After a weak winter, low reservoirs, fires troubled community

DATE: Dec 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘It’s bleak’: New Mexico farmers brace for meager water allocations

ALBUQUERQUE – The irrigation canals are all but dry as farmers along the Rio Grande set in for winter, holding out hope that El Niño will develop and save them from what could otherwise be a...

DATE: Dec 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Feds set urgent deadline on Colorado River drought plan

Interior Dept. to Arizona and California: ‘We are quickly running out of time.’

DATE: Dec 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Snow reaches Southwest Colorado; Wolf Creek Ski Area to open this weekend

Chain laws in effect for mountain passes around Durango

DATE: Oct 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Animas River appears to have hit all-time low

Southwest Colorado headed for second lowest water year in history

DATE: Oct 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News