The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Analysis: Dolores River country rich in biodiverse but unprotected lands

Analysis conducted for a local conservation group has concluded that the Dolores River canyon country has some of the largest areas of highly biodiverse but unprotected public lands in Colorado. The ...
The Durango Herald

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet releases draft bill to protect Lower Dolores River

National Conservation Area would be in Dolores and San Miguel counties U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colorado, has released a draft bill that would create a National Conservation Area and special ...
The Durango Herald

Conservation momentum surges for Dolores River as record flows draw rafters

BEDROCK – This month’s swirling flow in the Dolores River is mostly snowmelt from the Disappointment Creek basin that drains almost 350 square miles of the western San Juans before joining the ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Counties offer Dolores proposal far smaller than monument idea

Mesa and Montrose counties on Wednesday offered an alternative proposal for protecting the Dolores Canyon region at what would be a much smaller scale than would be the case under a national monument ...
NPR

Colorado's Dolores River should be raging through canyons — instead it's nearly dry

Drought conditions exacerbated by climate change is forcing tough choices for the water-starved regions of southwest Colorado, where farmers count on irrigated lands for farming and industry. Right.