Current Theme: BASIN News Reports
News about Boulder Creek Watershed Issues
Larimer County reports the
Picnic Rock fire is 100% contained after subsuming an area of 8900 acres
(see
online fire perimeter map.
)
(4/05/04)
Boulder's 63nd Street drinking water facility effluent not yet compliant with EPA pretreatment standards
(4/06/04)
Declining Lake Powell storage may impact Front Range water supplies
(4/04/04)
Niwot Ridge Snowpack report tracks
severe decline in local snowpack though March
(4/02/04)
Picnic Rock fire grows to 3500 acres
as evacuations are ordered for 150 homes
(4/02/04)
Conservation and anticipation
improve Boulder County's water supply prognosis
despite dry spring
(4/02/04)
Ditch rider warned to stop
dumping diesel fuel into irrigation ditch
to remove beavers
(4/02/04)
Wildfire season starts early with
1000 acre Picnic Rock fire in Poudre Canyon
(4/01/04)
Dry and warm weather results in
increasingly serious drought forecast throughout Colorado
(4/01/04)
GOP kills bill to require
release of Xcel investigation of Overland Fire
(3/31/04)
Driest March since 1911
offers little help for Front Range water supplies
(3/30/04)
Denver Water considering
permanent summer watering restrictions
(3/26/04)
Boulder City Council to consider
water rate adjustments
(3/24/04)
Continuing warm dry weather increases summer drought concerns
(3/24/04)
Precipitation outlook poor as firefighters gear up for the fire season
(3/22/04)
Lakewood pipeline passes pressure tests for hydroelectric generation
(3/19/04)
Continuing
dry conditions highlights wildfire
risks
(3/18/04)
City of Boulder to announce
Lakewood pipeline status
at Thursday meeting
(3/17/04)
Louisville considers drought management plan
as summer water supply concerns rise
(3/16/04)
Erie plans to double water treatment capacity
in anticipation of growth
(3/10/04)
Parker receives approval for new 16,000 acre foot reservoir subject to voter approved financing
(3/12/04)
State Water Quality Control Commission
impaired stream list now includes Boulder Creek segment
(3/11/04)
Despite spring storm Denver Water anticipates
water restrictions this summer
(3/05/04)
Lafayette and Erie adopt landscape guidelines in the face of
below average snowpack
(3/03/04)
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