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Tag: Drought

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

San Juan Snowpack ’19: The race to the top

Okay, okay, okay. A week ago, I pointed out that this year’s snowfall, while big, still did not measure up … More

#RiverofLostSouls, AnimasRiver, avalanche, Drought, 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

Last Ditch Standing: A tale of water inequality in the West

My parents have a small garlic farm in Western Colorado in the valley of the North Fork of the Gunnison … More

climatechange, colorado, Drought, WesternWater

This isn’t just another dry year, it’s climate change coming home to roost

Back in June, as the 416 Fire raged outside of Durango, Colorado, I wrote an essay about how the conflagration … More

#RiverofLostSouls, AnimasRiver, Climate change, colorado, Drought, global warming

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

Farmington flatline: The lower Animas River is dry

UPDATE 7/9/2018: The US Geological Survey determined that their gauge was faulty, and that the river did not actually run … More

#Animas, Climate change, colorado, ColoradoHistory, Drought, environmental history, weather

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

San Juan Snowpack, March 1 update

In January, I posted here about the dire snowpack situation in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. At the … More

#Animas, #RiverofLostSouls, cowx, Drought, sanjuanmountains, snowpack, weather

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