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• Locations: News By Olivia Emmer Published May. 10, 2023

  State of the River meeting featured Colorado’s lead water negotiator

  Many regional watersheds received above average snowpacks this winter. Factors like dust-on-snow and rapid rises in temperature could lead to speedy runoff and flooding. CDOT has said that spring runoff conditions were a factor in the sinkhole that has closed a section of Highway 133 near Somerset. A plan is being finalized for reopening and repairing the highway, with the goal of building a temporary two-lane bridge within two to three weeks. Courtesy photo

  On Tuesday, May 2, the Colorado River District and the Middle Colorado Watershed Council hosted an event in Glenwood Springs to update the community on the condition of the Colorado River and its local tributaries. This was part of a series held annually around the Western Slope by the River… read more →