Heather Sackett

Carbondale

Environmental journalist covering the Colorado River and water on the Western Slope. Non-profit news evangelist and trail runner. @aspenjournalism

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Articles

Pitkin County pledges $1 million to Shoshone water rights purchase

2 weeks ago | aspentimes.com | Heather Sackett

Pitkin County on Wednesday joined 29 other Western Slope counties, cities and towns, irrigation districts, and water providers in financially backing a plan to buy a critical Colorado River water right. Pitkin County commissioners unanimously approved a resolution supporting the Shoshone Permanency Project and pledging $1 million toward the campaign to keep the water rights associated with the Shoshone hydropower plant in Glenwood Canyon on the Western Slope.
Colorado River Basin states have just weeks left to agree on plan

2 weeks ago | summitdaily.com | Heather Sackett

During a tour of the Western Slope last week, U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., said he was frustrated with the pace of negotiations that could determine how the Colorado River is shared in the future and that the Upper Basin states may be pushing back too hard. A deal should have been reached last summer, he said. “Colorado should have a right to keep the water that we have been using the way we’ve been using it, and I don’t think we should compromise that,” Hickenlooper said.
Pitkin County pledges $1 million to Shoshone water rights purchase

2 weeks ago | vaildaily.com | Heather Sackett

Pitkin County on Wednesday joined 29 other Western Slope counties, cities and towns, irrigation districts and water providers in financially backing a plan to buy a critical Colorado River water right. Pitkin County commissioners unanimously approved a resolution supporting the Shoshone Permanency Project and pledging $1 million toward the campaign to keep the water rights associated with the Shoshone hydropower plant in Glenwood Canyon on the Western Slope.
Pitkin County pledges $1 million to Shoshone water rights purchase

3 weeks ago | gjsentinel.com | Heather Sackett

Heather Sackett/Aspen JournalismThe Shoshone hydropower plant in Glenwood Canyon has some of the biggest and oldest non-consumptive water rights on the Colorado River. Pitkin County has pledged $1 million to the River District’s campaign to buy the water rights.
Pitkin County pledges $1 million to Shoshone water rights purchase

3 weeks ago | aspenjournalism.org | Heather Sackett

Pitkin County on Wednesday joined 29 other Western Slope counties, cities and towns, irrigation districts and water providers in financially backing a plan to buy a critical Colorado River water right. Pitkin County commissioners unanimously approved a resolution supporting the Shoshone Permanency Project and pledging $1 million toward the campaign to keep the water rights associated with the Shoshone hydropower plant in Glenwood Canyon on the Western Slope.
Colorado River Basin states have just weeks left to agree on plan

3 weeks ago | aspenjournalism.org | Heather Sackett

During a tour of the Western Slope last week, U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., said he was frustrated with the pace of negotiations that could determine how the Colorado River is shared in the future and that the Upper Basin states may be pushing back too hard. A deal should have been reached last summer, he said. “Colorado should have a right to keep the water that we have been using the way we’ve been using it, and I don’t think we should compromise that,” Hickenlooper said.
North/south split for Western Slope snowpack and streamflow forecasts

1 month ago | aspentimes.com | Heather Sackett

It was a tale of two winters for the mountains containing the Colorado River’s headwaters, with the northern ranges seeing an above-average snowpack peak, while the southern half of the state lagged behind with below-normal snowpack. As the season came to a close, the snowpack for the Yampa/White/Little Snake River basin in the northwest corner of the state and the headwaters of the Colorado River mainstem both peaked around April 9 at 113% and 101% of normal, respectively.
North/south split for Western Slope snowpack and streamflow forecasts

1 month ago | vaildaily.com | Heather Sackett

It was a tale of two winters for the mountains containing the Colorado River’s headwaters, with the northern ranges seeing an above-average snowpack peak, while the southern half of the state lagged behind with below-normal snowpack. As the season came to a close, the snowpack for the Yampa/White/Little Snake River basin in the northwest corner of the state and the headwaters of the Colorado River mainstem both peaked around April 9 at 113% and 101% of normal, respectively.
North/south split for Western Slope snowpack and streamflow forecasts

1 month ago | gjsentinel.com | Heather Sackett

It was a tale of two winters for the mountains containing the Colorado River’s headwaters, with the northern ranges seeing an above-average snowpack peak, while the southern half of the state lagged behind with below-normal snowpack. As the season came to a close, the snowpack for the Yampa/White/Little Snake River basin in the northwest corner of the state and the headwaters of the Colorado River mainstem both peaked around April 9 at 113% and 101% of normal, respectively.
North/south split for Western Slope snowpack and streamflow forecasts

1 month ago | aspenjournalism.org | Heather Sackett

It was a tale of two winters for the mountains containing the Colorado River’s headwaters, with the northern ranges seeing an above-average snowpack peak, while the southern half of the state lagged behind with below-normal snowpack. As the season came to a close, the snowpack for the Yampa/White/Little Snake River basin in the northwest corner of the state and the headwaters of the Colorado River mainstem both peaked around April 9 at 113% and 101% of normal, respectively.