Feb 26, 2026 | River Reports
I’ve woken up the past few mornings with the strange sensation that I’ve somehow time-traveled to spring. Or teleported to California. Warm, dry wind pushes through my bedroom window, and the birds gossip noisily with their companions in the canopy. The historically...
Feb 2, 2026 | River Reports
If you are in Colorado right now, you don’t need SNOTEL data to understand our current climatic conditions. A glance at the bare mountains tells the story: January has been historically warm and dry. A late-January snowfall brought some relief to parts of the Arkansas...
Nov 30, 2025 | River Reports
Drought & Precipitation Colorado is off to an unusually poor start this winter. Statewide snowpack is tracking at its lowest relative level for late November in about three decades. A number of northwest basins are barely above 20 percent of average, and areas along...
Sep 29, 2025 | River Reports
Drought & Precipitation The seasons are certainly changing, with snowfall and leaves changing in the higher elevation portions of the basin. Historically, September is one of the wettest months of the year, and this year has followed that trend. Conditions...
Sep 17, 2025 | River Reports, Tales from the Watershed, Uncategorized, Watershed Diaries with Cecilia
Ricki Garden is the stewardship coordinator at Central Colorado Conservancy and the Environmental At-Large representative on the Arkansas Basin Roundtable. With a background in civil engineering and years of seasonal river and wetland restoration work across the West,...
Sep 3, 2025 | River Reports, Tales from the Watershed, Uncategorized, Watershed Diaries with Cecilia
Image of the Spanish Peaks in Huerfano County Al Tucker, a resident of Huerfano County, has been deeply involved in water work in the Arkansas Basin for decades. A retired data engineer, his move to Colorado sparked an interest in groundwater that grew into research...
