Arkansas River

Is 'Over The River' Through The Woods?

Posted 03.28.2012

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Christo's 'Over The River' project just took another step forward. On Tuesday, commissioners in Fremont County approved a permit for the fabric art pr...

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Christo's 'Over The River' Pushed Back Again

Posted 02.22.2012

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Fabric artist Christo is yet again pushing back the date for his "Over the River" project which proposes to hang 5.9 miles of aluminum coated fabric p...

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DU Law Students ROAR To Block Christo's 'Over The River' Project

Posted 02.01.2012

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Law students in the Environmental Law Clinic at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law plan to file a lawsuit on Wednesday in attempt to block ...

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Prison Sewage Seeped Into Arkansas River

Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Arkansas, Colorado Department of Corrections, Arkansas River, Kansas, Colorado Department of Health and Environment, Oklahoma, Colorado, Denver News

State officials say raw sewage from three Canon City state prisons has been leaking into a creek that empties into the Arkansas River. The sewer l...

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'Over The River' Project Waiting On The Locals

AP | CATHERINE TSAI | Posted 01.07.2012

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DENVER — Federal land managers announced a final decision Monday approving Christo's art proposal to suspend 5.9 miles worth of silvery, translu...

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'Over The River' Art Project Is Approved

AP | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Video, Arkansas River, River Art Project, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Fabric Panels Over the Colorado River, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Colorado Water, Colorado State Land Board, Denver News

DENVER — The Colorado State Land Board has approved two leases for the artist Christo's proposed Over the River project, which would temporarily...

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Sheets Of Fabric Will Be Suspended Over Arkansas River

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 12.08.2011

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DENVER — The Colorado State Land Board has approved two leases for the artist Christo's proposed Over the River project, which would temporarily sus...

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Group Sues Colo. Parks Division Over Christo's Arkansas River Project

AP | Posted 09.26.2011

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DENVER -- Opponents of the artist Christo's plan to suspend huge fabric panels over stretches of the Arkansas River are suing the Colorado parks divis...

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10 Injured In Rafting Bus Rollover

AP | AP | Posted 09.22.2011

Read More: Rafting Colorado, Salida Colorado, Honor Rafting Co, Arkansas River, Rafting Bus Rolls Over, Rafting Arkansas River, Denver News

SALIDA, Colo. (AP) -- Colorado parks and wildlife officials are investigating the rollover of a rafting bus that injured 10 people. Authorities say...

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Fabric Artist Christo To Speak In Vail Today

The Huffington Post | Posted 09.18.2011

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World-renown fabric artist Christo will speak at the Vail Symposium this evening at 5 p.m to discuss his life work and his hope for his Colorado proje...

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Chirsto To Suspend Fabric Over Parts Of Arkansas River

AP | Posted 08.25.2011

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SALIDA, Colo. -- The Colorado State Parks Board approved an agreement Friday for the artist Christo to pay $550,000 to state parks to carry out his Ov...

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Arkansas River Water Deals Could Dry Up One Third Of Farm Land: Report

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Irrigation, Arkansas River, Pueblo Chieftain, Water Rights, Colorado Water Rights, Pueblo Colorado, Denver News

PUEBLO, Colo. — Deals transferring water out of agriculture eventually could dry up one-third of the historically irrigated land in the Arkansas...

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Kansas Coal Plant Proposal Renews Debate Over Water Use From Arkansas River

AP | JOHN HANNA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sunflower Electric Power Corp., Arkansas River, Kansas Coal Plant, Sierra Club, Department of Health and Environment, Water Rights, Kansas Department of Agriculture, Denver News

TOPEKA, Kan. — A western Kansas utility's push to build a new coal-fired power plant has already embroiled it in a lengthy public dispute about ...

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Christo's River Art Hearing Wrapped Up By BLM

AP | CATHERINE TSAI | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER — Eighteen years after Christo and his late wife envisioned hanging huge fabric panels over the Arkansas River, the artist said Thursday ...

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Nestle's Arkansas River Water Deal Came

The Colorado Independent | Scot Kersgaard | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Nestle corporation plan to tap the Arkansas River Basin in Chaffee County for its "Arrowhead Springs" mineral water product will make the company ...

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Caught Between a Rock and Red Tape

Sean Paige | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Parks and Recreation, Endangered Species, U.S. Forest Service, Arkansas River, Federal Red Tape, Public Lands, Army Corps of Engineers, Denver News

It doesn't seem right to have a family waiting for the return of a loved one's body while all the usual agencies are consulted and a pointless "process" drags on.

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Christo River Installation

AP | P. SOLOMON BANDA | Posted 05.25.2011

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DENVER — Federal land managers say artist Christo's plan to drape fabric over several miles of the Arkansas River in Colorado would have a signi...

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Aurora-Nestle Water Deal:

The Colorado Independent | Scot Kersgaard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arkansas River, Aurora Colorado, Bottled Water, Arkansas River Basin, Nestle, Denver News

Last year, the city of Aurora made a deal to lease 65 million gallons of water to Nestle. In making the deal, the city council moved against the city'...

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Christo's Arkansas River Project Faces Hurdles

The Denver Post | John Wenzel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Central Park Gates, Arkansas River, Christo, Jeanne-Claude, Salida-Colorado, Over the River, Denver News

"Over the River," a provocative public-art project along 40 miles of the Arkansas River between Salida and Cañon City, is very much alive, its co-cre...

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Nestle To Begin Draining Millions Of Gallons Of Arkansas River Water

The Colorado Independent | Scot Kersgaard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado, Arkansas River, Bottled Water, Nestle, Salida, Buena Vista, Denver News

If things go according to plan, in about a month someone at Nestle Waters North America will turn a valve and water will begin running out of a pipeli...

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Nestle Arkansas River Bottled Water

The Colorado Independent | Scot Kersgaard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arkansas River, Bottled Water, Chaffee County, Water Rights, Nestle, Denver News

Chaffee County Tuesday afternoon issued a notice to Nestle that it could proceed with its plan to pump millions of gallons of water from springs next ...

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'Hidden Gems' Proposal Could Complicate Water

Pueblo Chieftain | Chris Woodka | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Water, Hidden Gems, Arkansas River, Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, Water Rights, Wilderness, Denver News

A campaign to add 400,000 acres of wilderness areas in Colorado could threaten future operations that bring water into the Arkansas Valley. It's no...

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Jeanne-Claude, Artist Who Created 'Over The River' Project In Colorado Dies; Work To Continue In Colorado

AP | ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 Central Park installation "The Gates" and other large scale "wrapping" projects around the...

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Browns Canyon Wilderness Study Area

Mike Rosso | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wilderness, Arkansas River, Chaffee County, Browns, Udall, Blm, Nra, Usfs, Denver News

What began as a review for wilderness designation has become a jumble of information and falsehoods, involving politicians, motorists, wilderness proponents and the NRA.

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Clean Water Act Stifling Volunteer Cleanup Efforts

The Colorado Independent | Katie Redding | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Arkansas River, Pueblo Colorado, Colorado, Pitkin County, Leadville Colorado, Clean Water Act, Mark Udall, Silverton, Uurora Colorado, Denver News

LEADVILLE -- It's a fall morning in the mountains just outside this Lake County town. Contractors in yellow earthmovers are cleaning up acid mine drai...

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