Rivers

KDNK’s news reporter Hattison Rensberry brings you local and regional news from the Mountain West

Senator Michael Bennett made a push for legislation to protect the Dolores River in the final days of the 2022 Congress.

For much of the last fifteen years, a working group in southwest Colorado has been putting together legislation to conserve the Dolores River.

The Great Salt Lake reached record lows this year and Utah lawmakers are scrambling for solutions. One key factor will be preserving the largest river that feeds the lake. But solutions aren’t easy to find.

KDNK’s news team brings you local and regional news from the Mountain West

Paul Hempel returns to Shifting Gears to explain the value of source water education in the introduction of the “keep it clean, cause were all downstream”…

Paul Hempel is responsible for Source Water Protection within the Colorado Rural Water Association and has gift for standing with sufficient stature and…

For 55 years, legendary Colorado River runner Ken Sleight has thought about the sacred sites that were submerged in Glen Canyon when it was dammed. An art…

Drought is causing problems for Colorado anglers, ranchers, and recreationists. Brent Gardner-Smith, editor of Aspen Journalism, covered meetings in…