Alex Hager

4 days ago | aspenpublicradio.org | Heather Sackett |Alex Hager

There’s an old catchphrase that Colorado kayak park proponents used in the early 2000s to sell the idea that keeping water in streams mattered just as much as water for big farms or new housing developments: “The greater the flow, the greater the dough.”“You would have thought it was an Economics 101 class,” said Glenn Porzak, a Boulder attorney who worked on behalf of the city of Golden and the towns of Breckenridge and Vail to secure the state’s first water rights for recreation.

5 days ago | timesofsandiego.com | Alex Hager

The Colorado River basin has lost huge volumes of groundwater over the past two decades, according to a new report from researchers at Arizona State University. Researchers used data from NASA satellites to map the rapidly depleting resource, which is a major source of water for California. The Colorado River supplies roughly one-third of all water for Southern California cities and suburbs. It also supports a large farming industry in Imperial and Riverside Counties.

5 days ago | kunc.org | Alex Hager

The Colorado River basin has lost huge volumes of groundwater over the past two decades according to a new report from researchers at Arizona State University.Researchers used data from NASA satellites to map the rapidly-depleting resource. The region, which includes seven Western states, has lost 27.8 million acre-feet of groundwater since 2003. That’s roughly the volume of Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir.

5 days ago | aspenpublicradio.org | Alex Hager |Heather Sackett

David Hajoglou sat on the rocks next to a rushing stretch of river in Golden, Colorado. As he scouted a kayak route through the riffles and waves, he thought back to the first time he visited this spot, the Clear Creek Whitewater Park, nearly 20 years ago. “Boy howdy, did it kick my butt,” he said. “I swam a few times.

1 week ago | kawc.org | Alex Hager

The Colorado River basin has lost huge volumes of groundwater over the past two decades according to a new report from researchers at Arizona State University. Researchers used data from NASA satellites to map the rapidly-depleting resource. The region, which includes seven Western states, has lost 27.8 million acre-feet of groundwater since 2003. That’s roughly the volume of Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir. The findings add a layer of complication for the already-stressed Colorado River.