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March 1, 2020, San Juan Snowpack update

Average to middling. That describes the San Juan Mountain snowpack as of March 1 — at least at the higher … More

AnimasRiver, Climate, colorado, snowpack

San Juan Mountain water year 2020 starts dry, but is on the upswing

The 2020 water year (which started Oct. 1, 2019) began like a desiccated whimper in the San Juan Mountains of … More

Climate, colorado, Drought, sanjuanmountains, snow, weather, winter

May 1 San Juan snowpack update

Snow levels have presumably peaked in the San Juan Mountains and, as expected, they look pretty darned healthy. That said, … More

Climate, colorado river, sanjuanmountains, snowpack

San Juan Snowpack 2019: Big, but not the biggest (yet)

Let there be no doubt: It has been a snowy winter in the San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado, along … More

avalanche, Climate, colorado, Drought, snowpack

River of Lost Souls Excerpt: 1911 Flood

Southwest Colorado is wracked by drought, and the Animas River, along with being sullied by ash and mud from debris … More

#Animas, #Aridification, #Flood, #RiverOfLostSoulsBook, Climate, ColoradoHistory, Drought

The 416 Fire and memories of 2002 — and 1879

UPDATE on 6/8/2018: As of the end of day 6/7, the 416 Fire had reached 5,100 acres and as of … More

#Animas, #RiverOfLostSoulsBook, Climate, colorado, Drought, economy, tourism, weather, wildfire

Homeland, Dryland

For his entire adult life, my grandfather, Herb Billings, was a farmer in the Animas Valley north of Durango, Colorado. … More

#Animas, #RiverofLostSouls, Climate, Drought, FourCornersCountry

New Mexico oil bounty comes with costs

In 2017, New Mexico moved into third place in the nation for oil production, pumping some 16 million barrels from … More

accidents, Climate, dataviz, Energy, global warming, newmexico, Oil, Pollution

Scarce San Juan snowpack is not unprecedented, but that doesn’t make it “normal”

“For the first time in fourteen years, San Juan County celebrated Christmas and New Year’s days without any snow on … More

#Animas, #RiverofLostSouls, Climate, colorado, Drought, weather

Methane Madness: Dataviz of natural gas pipeline incidents

I promised that I was working on a data visualization of natural gas pipeline breaches, and after crunching a bunch … More

accidents, Climate, dataviz, Energy, Fracking, global warming, naturalgas, pipelines, Pollution

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