Low river flows on Colorado's Western Slope trigger calls, closures, stressed fish

Streamflows on the Western Slope have plummeted over the last month, sending water managers scrambling to boost flows for endangered fish and ranking it among the driest years in recent history.

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https://aspenjournalism.org/low-river-flows-trigger-calls-closures-stressed-fish/?mc_cid=56928d83d7&mc_eid=09d267fb36

“More than 14 million acres of federal public land in #Colorado could be eligible for sale if Congress passes the current version of the budget bill mandating the sale of a fraction of the nation’s public lands…[including] chunks of mountain, foothills and plains along the Front Range and the Western Slope.”

https://www.denverpost.com/2025/06/17/colorado-public-lands-sale-federal-budget/

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