Alex Hager
Reporter at KUNC-FM (Greeley, CO)
Covering water in the Colorado River basin for @KUNC and 20+ NPR member stations. Erstwhile: kajx/kdlg/enn.
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5 days ago |
ksut.org | Alex Hager
If you took a look at a map of Rocky Mountain snow right now you would see a lot of red. The mountains that feed the Colorado River with snowmelt are strikingly dry, with many ranges holding less than 50% of their average snow for this time of year. The low totals could spell trouble for the nation's largest reservoirs, but those dry conditions don't seem to be ringing alarm bells for Colorado River policymakers.
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5 days ago |
insideclimatenews.org | Alex Hager
If you took a look at a map of Rocky Mountain snow right now you would see a lot of red. The mountains that feed the Colorado River with snowmelt are strikingly dry, with many ranges holding less than 50 percent of their average snow for this time of year. The low totals could spell trouble for the nation’s largest reservoirs, but those dry conditions don’t seem to be ringing alarm bells for Colorado River policymakers.
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5 days ago |
flipboard.com | Alex Hager
1 hour agoA Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus. The European Union Space Surveillance and Tracking confirmed its uncontrolled reentry, based on analysis and no-shows of the spacecraft on subsequent orbits. The European Space Agency’s …
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5 days ago |
ecotopical.com | Alex Hager
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6 days ago |
ksjd.org | Alex Hager
The seven states that use the Colorado River are deadlocked about how to share it in the future. The current rules for dividing its shrinking supplies expire in 2026. State leaders are under pressure to propose a new sharing agreement urgently, so they can finish environmental paperwork before that deadline. Right now, they don't appear close to an agreement, so a group of prominent Colorado River experts co-signed a letter outlining seven things they want to see in the next set of rules.
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Farmers in California’s Imperial Valley are under a lot of pressure to use less water. What do they want in return? https://t.co/EXLw0h1D0X
Snow is disappearing into thin air, and making the Colorado River drier. I tagged along with some scientists digging for clues. https://t.co/avSulxUCm2
The Gila River Indian Community is among the first to get federal payouts as part of a program to incentivize water cutbacks in the Lower Basin. https://t.co/D3UphlT54c