In 2012, the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) awarded a grant to The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to identify potential projects and methods that could be used to meet both nonconsumptive and consumptive needs in the Yampa River Basin. This effort leveraged existing studies funded by CWCB (e.g., the Yampa-White Basin needs assessments) to identify the most favorable candidate locations for implementing alternative agricultural water transfer methods...

The Strategy represents a collective vision for plant conservation in Colorado, emphasizing a proactive approach to ensure the long-term stewardship and viability of Colorado's rarest plants. Colorado's rare plants are an important and irreplaceable part of the state and nation's natural heritage. The majority of the state's 155 imperiled species are plants.--P. iv.

A collection of stories on the outdoors. In one, a woman's life is changed by a meeting with a bear, a second is on a fishing expedition as seen by a little girl, and in a third, a man seeking a return to nature runs into a deadly snowstorm