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June 16, 2025: DOJ wants Colorado’s election records; A new way to measure snowpack by air to help water planners

By Ryan Warner
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Buoys mark the intake of Colorado River water from Grand Lake at the Alva B. Adams tunnel, March 31, 2023, in the town of Grand Lake. By the time the river tumbles out of nearby Rocky Mountain National Park here, between 20-40 percent of its flow has already been diverted by the Grand Ditch catching water off the Never Summer Mountains, and siphoned off over Las Poudre Pass and into the Cache La Poudre River, bound for customers on the Front Range. The Adams tunnel sends water into the Big Thompson River on the Eastern side of the mountains, also destined for the Front Range.

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June 16, 2025: DOJ wants Colorado’s election records; A new way to measure snowpack by air to help water planners

The Justice Department wants Colorado's voting records. We ask the Secretary of State and the head of Colorado's County Clerks about the request and the reasons. Then, a new way to measure snowpack from the air could help waters planners make sure there's enough to go around. Plus, the debate over the sale of federal public lands, how the land is managed, and cuts to staffing. Also, Colorado Wonders about coal trains. And later, a whole bunch of Ryans will descend on Coors Field.

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