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John is a Denver native, who graduated from Metropolitan State College and attended the University of Montana Graduate School of Business. He works for the city of Denver, Department of Public Works, Wastewater Management Division. John is an avid hiker, backpacker and -- in the days before a knee replacement and hip replacement -- climber of 14ers. He created his website, Coyote Gulch, to track water issues, in 2002.

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Weekly water roundup: Water issues front and center at 2010 Colorado legislative session

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

Short takes from the last couple of weeks in Colorado water: Out of basin mitigation bill, HB 10-1159, dies on state house floor State...
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Weekly water roundup: Flaming Gorge pipeline, San Juans blanketed by snowfall

Short takes from the last couple of weeks in Colorado water: Representative Curry and Senator Hodge introduce bill that would guarantee boater...
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Weekly water roundup: January 1 snowpack forecast, Ouray ice festival, Trappers Lake cutthroat

Short takes from the past week in Colorado water: January 1 snowpack forecast The Natural Resources Conservation Service released their river...
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Weekly water roundup: The fight for water

Short takes from the week in Colorado water: The fight for water named top story of the decade by The Pueblo Chieftain Since the 1980s...
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Weekly water roundup: Vail Valley 'Girls in Science' program expands to 5 valley schools

Short takes from the last couple of weeks in Colorado water Vail Valley schools expand 'Girls in Science' program Getting youngsters to show...
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Weekly water roundup: El Nino bulking up, Colorado snags $42 million from ASARCO settlement

Short takes from the last couple of weeks in Colorado water: El Nino bulking up Waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean were about 4 degrees...
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Weekly water roundup: Mine cleanups legislation, Moffat Collection System Project

Short takes from the week in Colorado water: S.B. 1777 the Good Samaritan Cleanup of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act of 2009 U.S. Senator Mark Udall...
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Weekly water roundup: Water board approves Pitkin County water lease to supplement instream flows

Short takes from the last couple of weeks in Colorado water: Roaring Fork instream flows agreement approved The first lease of water rights for...
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Weekly water roundup: Colorado Supreme Court finds Pagosa Springs' water rights filing speculative

Short takes from the last couple of weeks in Colorado water: It will be back to water court for Pagosa Springs' conditional water rights for Dry...
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Weekly water roundup: Salazar calls for oil shale lease probe, 2009 a good water year

Short takes from the week in Colorado water: Its been a good water year overall The water year ends on...
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