Snowpack in the Rockies is lagging well below average. Colorado River forecasters still see hope on the horizon.
The Colorado River relies heavily on snowpack in the Upper Basin states — Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming — that melts ...
Prairie Operating Co. Announces Acquisition of DJ Basin Assets from Bayswater Exploration and Production for Approximately $600 Million
Adds ~24,000 net acres in Weld County and ~26 mboepd of oil-weighted (69% liquids) net productionAdds 77.9 MMboe and ~$1.1 ...
ConocoPhillips Sells $600MM in Noncore Permian Basin Assets
Following its $22.5 billion deal to buy Marathon Oil, ConocoPhillips is targeting $2 billion in asset sales— a goal a company ...
New snowpack numbers show Colorado is in need of more snowstorms
Our weekly statewide snowpack numbers are out and they don't look good for southwestern areas of Colorado. Of the eight main ...
Vail Daily3d
Future water conservation program almost guaranteed in Upper Basin
After years of studying and experimenting with pilot programs, the future of Colorado River management will almost certainly ...
Steamboat Pilot & Today3h
Can planes and laser beams help Colorado better understand its water supply?
Amid mounting challenges to Colorado’s water supply, lawmakers are seeking to upgrade the decades-old method of tracking the ...
Summit County1d
The Colorado River is salty. But where does salinity come from, and what’s being done about it?
Of all the challenges facing the Colorado River, there’s at least one that all stakeholders are working on collaboratively, ...
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Prairie Operating adds oily DJ basin acreage through Bayswater deal
Prairie Operating said the acquisition substantially increases its in oil-weighted production and provides immediate scale ...
Upper Colorado Basin Snowpack falls behind: Your February Water Status Check
As of early February, the snow storage for our water system in the Southwest is at 76% of the 30 year average. Meanwhile, ...
The Aspen Times4d
Aspen Journalism: Future water conservation program almost guaranteed in Upper Basin
After years of studying and experimenting with pilot programs, the future of Colorado River management will almost certainly ...
Vail Daily6dOpinion
Best: Does Colorado need to start planning for cutbacks in use of Colorado River?
Snow in southwestern Colorado has been scarce this winter. Archuleta County recently had a grass fire. A store manager at ...