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@ocplaindealer More like - Road and bridge superintendent tries to help the candidate who promises to bolster his budget by complaining about a commissioner advocating for county residents impacted by flood.

Ouray County's road and bridge superintendent has filed an official workplace complaint against County Commissioner Lynn Padgett, making it public just as ballots were sent out for the Nov. 5 election in which she's running to retain her position. buff.ly/4dVomE5

@mikewiggins76 Other than that, a wonderful Labor Day Rodeo! Also, I’m reasonably sure that I know who the “drunk male” was and I wasn’t even in the stands. Small town…

#ScannerFTW: "We're getting a report at the fairgrounds of a drunk male asking women and girls to sit on his lap." Happy Labor Day, everyone!

@ben_a_goldfarb @bioGraphic The public lands near me, a checkerboard of BLM and State lands purchased and maintained for wildlife habitat, are a maze of fences often built and maintained by taxpayer funds only to separate different sections of public lands that often kill wildlife.

"(Fences) are never mere strips of wire and wood... They are the lines w/ which we delineate our property, distinctions btw the wild world & the human one." For @bioGraphic, I wrote about the env impacts of the Wirocene—age of the fence. #fenceecology. biographic.com/entangled/

The Shoshone water rights, established in 1902, are the lifeblood of the Western Slope, supporting the health of the environment, recreation, and agriculture. These senior non-consumptive water rights ensure the Colorado River sustains life from its headwaters to the state line.

@LukeRunyon Wild and totally expected

@StinaSieg I’m convinced it’s a long-game scam initiated by Big Paint companies

So, when it comes to this love of white, black and gray home interiors and exteriors, is that a Millenial thing? Gen X? Baby Boomer? It feels so collective, but there surely must be some generation leading the charge.

@colohistory For the opening of the Gunnison Tunnel.

Main Street, Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado, patriotically decorated with flags, bunting and a welcome arch for President William H. Taft. (1909) digital.denverlibrary.org/digital/collec…

@CoyoteGulch “Irrigation season”, lol. This is BS, the tunnel was diverting water to make hydro power. USBR knows it but won’t enforce LOPP regulations.

Aspinall Unit operations update: Gunnison Tunnel diversions end for this season #GunnisonRiver #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification coyotegulch.blog/2023/11/14/asp…

@LukeRunyon Home Depot in Montrose had some by the checkout today.

@LukeRunyon Can’t speak for the whole of the San Juans but this is the worst mosquito year I’ve ever experienced at my place.

@LukeRunyon Oh, private sources ok then … wtf!?

@LukeRunyon SSDD

@LukeRunyon I believe they are

@LukeRunyon @scifri Wow a couple hours! Seems like progress actually

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@SARC8427 @ClimateBecky So “entertaining” 🙄

@ClimateBecky It’s always entertaining to read the comments of the uninitiated on water issues 🤦🏽‍♂️

@alexanderJfunk Getting clawed by a cougar in a hot tub more believable than by a mountain lion

Shepherd said the man and his wife “were there to see the stars” and “weren’t talking to one another. People would literally rather get clawed by a cougar than get therapy coloradosun.com/2023/03/20/mou…

@SARC8427 @mayer_water Why should a conservancy district determine if and how a water user participated in a conservation program?

@mayer_water Sounds like there needs to be some FOIA & CORA requests to be filed in order for public interests to be be served. I’m also think that Litigation will follow shortly and finally I’m really disappointed in the back sliding by Director Mitchell.

“heated controversies” about system conservation in western Colorado and the tight timeline. West Slope water managers will not review, approve applications for conservation program aspentimes.com/news/west-slop…

@HHolmGJ @KerryDonovanCO I’m fact the program DID lower the risk of trying less thirsty crops like small grains and long term cover crops while helping farmers spread water on dry years. But our politicians are running around talking about “lease and cease” which isn’t a thing! (Yes I’m very mad)

@KerryDonovanCO Conservation doesn't have to mean fallowing. This program can also lower the risk of trying less thirsty crops, which could benefit longer term ag resilience.

Whoa boy. Best of intentions but this makes me nervous. Previous studies have shown that there are not a lot of crops/ag land that work to fallow in the arid west. I also worry this money will be benefit those out-of-state companies that hold ag land and aren’t as tied to it.

@KerryDonovanCO Whoa boy, indeed. The reality is we learned that farmers/ranchers can save water through deficit irrigation of grass/alfalfa and by growing low water use crops. Unfortunately, we also learned there is little political support for water conservation.