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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 board approves Pitkin County water lease to supplement instream flows

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

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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Weekly water roundup: How long will Colorado's water last?, Black Canyon NP turns ten

Short takes from the week in Colorado water: First up is a look ahead to Tuesday. Several water bigwigs and CSU...
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Weekly water roundup: Saga continues for benzene tainted spring near Debeque

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Short takes from the week in Colorado water: Ned Prather has his say Back in June 2008 we all heard about the benzene contamination in his spring...
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Weekly water roundup: Western States Water Council 2009 Symposium

Short takes from the week in Colorado water: Western States Water Council: 2009 Symposium Planners and politicians from around the west spent...
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Weekly water roundup: Aurora water wins taste test, Flaming Gorge pipeline, Geothermal leases

Short takes from the last couple of weeks in Colorado water: Water education This is the time of the year for water education events. For...
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Weekly water roundup: Harris Sherman named to lead USFS

Short takes from the week in Colorado water: Harris Sherman nominated to lead U.S. Forest Service Director of the Colorado Department of Nautural...
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Weekly water roundup: Fountain Creek water quality, Aspen geothermal, Pave the Poudre?

Short takes from the week in Colorado Water: USGS study of Fountain Creek E. coli points to pigeon poop On Wednesday the USGS plans to blame...
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Weekly water roundup: Southern Delivery System, Flaming Gorge pipeline

Short takes from the week in Colorado water: Southern Delivery System Secretary Salazar has appointed Deanna Archuleta to shepherd the project for...
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