Snowmelt in the Colorado River basin is occurring earlier, reducing runoff and the amount of crucial water available downstream.

Railroads, ranching and livestock brought West its own 'Dust Bowl' in 1800s.

By Rosemeyer, Tom THE PAQUIN MINING DISTRICT, located about 4 miles north of Ouray, Colorado, comprised an area of approximately 3.6 square miles on the east side of the Uncompahgre River Valley; it was bounded on the north by Cutler Creek and on the south by Dexter Creek.

By Erin Smith, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo. Sep. 1